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TIL Britney Spears has been under “conservatorship” by her father since 2008, meaning he is in charge of all her legal and financial decisions, something that is usually used on for people with Alzheimer’s or severe mental illness

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jNW6j TIL of the Holocaust memoir Fragments (1995), a worldwide hit that gained much critical acclaim. Its author was interviewed and went into further detail about his horrible experiences. In 1998, it was proved to be entirely fake and its author had never been involved at all in the Holocaust.
gr9bb TIL That the movie The Breakfast Club was named after a nickname for morning detention at the high school the movie was filmed at
4krAo TIL that electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is still used today to treat severe depression.
VKxZ TIL Jim Henson came up with the 25 page story line for “The Dark Crystal” while snowed in at an airport hotel. He also believed it was unhealthy for children to never be afraid.
8e7vZ TIL the ahead of the U.S. invasion of Grenada 40 years ago, the Pentagon "knew so little about the country, it had to plan the invasion using maps normally sold to tourists."