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TIL that in 1949, a NJ gas station owner started the first cheap self-serve station in the state; rival stations tried to intimidate him into closing, but when even a drive-by shooting didn't work, they got the legislature to pass a law banning self-service that is still on the books today

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Lk1Dp TIL that Keanu Reeves runs a private charitable foundation to fund cancer research and children’s hospitals. In 2009, he told Ladies Home Journal: "I don’t like to attach my name to it, I just let the foundation do what it does."
j644Q TIL Willie Nelson is a fifth degree black belt in Gong Kwon Yu Sul and a second degree black belt in taekwondo
awdmN TIL: Patch Adams only agreed to the 1999 film of his namesake because they promised to help build his hospital. None of the profits from the film was ever given to his foundation, and the film was heavily criticised by Patch Adams himself, saying: "I hate that movie."
NPZ8 TIL that orcas killed during harvesting for marine parks were stuffed with rocks and sunk to prevent their discovery
BrWVd TIL that Charlie Chaplin’s body was stolen from his Swiss grave in 1978, two months after he was buried. The bandits planned to hold the Chaplin family to ransom for its return, but the police tracked them down and ultimately recovered the body.