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TIL that while Mother’s Day is the busiest for phone calls, Father’s Day is the busiest for collect calls.

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M7kjK TIL Michael J. Fox and food writer Michael Pollan are brothers in law. Fox has been married to Pollan's sister Tracy since 1988.
Zp8Dv TIL that Charles Lindbergh’s son, Charles Lindbergh Jr., was kidnapped at 20 months old. The kidnapper picked up a cash ransom for $50,000 leaving a note of the child’s location. The child was not found at the location. The child’s remains were found a month later not far from the Lindbergh’s home.
E6Qd TIL that there is a limit of 12 minutes of commercials, per hour of television, in the United Kingdom.
0arR TIL of William Adams, the first Westerner to be officially given the title of “samurai” by the Shogun of Japan, renamed Miura Anjin.
grPND Til: The Reason Samuel L. Jackson yells “Motherf---er" is that as a child he had a stutter and this helped keep his speech fluid