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TIL Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment owns Redbox.

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yVm1J TIL Ten years after his murder trial, OJ Simpson starred in his own candid camera TV show called 'Juiced'. It's a bad Punk'd rip-off but a fascinating insight into how excited people still get to be near a celebrity of any kind.
x87b TIL that “Where the Wild Things Are” was originally “Where the Wild Horses are” before Maurice Sendak realized he didn’t know how to draw horses.
9wwYr TIL Playboy founder Hugh Hefner created an award named after him to annually recognize people who protect the First Amendment rights of Americans.
JXoQ TIL that during a siege, the viking legend Harald Hardrada fell sick, faked his death, and had his men convince the enemy to bury him inside the castle. As they entered, they dropped the casket, took up arms and conquered the castle
9YOa6 TIL that for the 1952 British Columbia election the Liberal/Conservative coalition introduced a ranked choice voting system with the hopes of keeping the surging Co-operative Commonwealth Federation out of power...it backfired and instead gave a majority to the fledgling Social Credit Party instead