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R7151 TIL in France, it’s against the law for grocery stores to throw away food. It must either be composted or donated to charity.
BDrD TIL of Sarah Rector who in 1913 at age 10 was known as “Richest Colored Girl in the world”. After being given a land grant that unknowingly produced 2,500 barrels of oil a day. Soon she received a daily revenue of $300 (approx $2.6 million annually today) and marriage offers worldwide at age 12
rEn1 TIL MTV contacted Weird Al and told him they would not air his “Don’t Download This Song” video if references to filesharing programs were not in some way removed, so he “made the creative decision to bleep them out as obnoxiously as possible, so that there would be no mistake I was being censored.”
KOEe6 TIL esteemed writer and presenter, David Attenborough, is brothers with actor Richard Attenborough, known primarily for his portrayal of John Hammond in Jurassic Park
OoOWY TIL that in 1969, the Penn Central Railroad Co. planned to build a tower on top of Grand Central which would have required removal of a portion of the station's facade. The NYC Landmark Preservation Commission rejected the design, leading to a landmark Supreme Court "takings-clause"case in 1978.