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TIL Liam Neeson was training to be a Teacher until he punched a 15 year old student in the face for pulling out a knife

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4wpR TIL that Ancient Roman politician Gaius Gracchus had a bounty placed on his head that was equivalent to his head’s weight in gold. The head was delivered, but the reward was never paid because it was discovered that his captor removed Gaius’ brain and filled his head with molten lead.
1eNr TIL the Racial Integrity Act of 1924 required that a racial description of every person be recorded at birth and divided society into only two classifications: white and colored. It also expanded Virginia’s ban on interracial marriage by criminalizing all marriages between whites and non-whites
0w77j TIL that during the filming for The Order of the Phoenix, Alan Rickman banned Rupert Grint and Matthew Lewis from coming within 5 meters of his new BMW, because during the making of the Goblet of Fire, they spilled milkshake in his other car
84RV TIL John Stewart read every book from the authors he had on The Daily Show.
bMbQ TIL a Disneyland employee working as Winnie the Pooh went to court for slapping a child. After recess, the man returned in costume, jigged, and answered questions on the stand in full character. The jury acquitted him after seeing the costume’s short arms disallowed slapping someone at child height.