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TIL In 1994, cartoonist Mike Diana received a criminal conviction for obscenity for artwork in America, he wasn’t allowed to draw comics even for personal use or just for his house.

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X8rD TIL Judy Garland was put on a diet while filming The Wizard of Oz. The diet consisted of chicken soup, coffee and 80 cigarettes a day. She was 16 years old.
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