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TIL that the creator of Peter Pan gave the rights to a children’s hospital so they would always collect the royalties and fund the hospital!

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rBpx TIL that May 20, 2010 was declared “Everybody Draw Mohammed Day” as a response to jihadist threats against cartoonists
VMARG TIL about Sam Berns, a teenager who died of a rare disease called progeria that makes children age extremely quickly. He was actually a motivational speaker who gave a Ted Talk called "My philosophy for a happy life"
9bxQ TIL Many individual states have laws recognizing American Sign Language as a “foreign language”. A number of U.S. universities even accept ASL credit to fulfill foreign language requirements
Eg59o TIL: about the Treaty of Versailles, signed in 1919. It officially ended World War I and imposed heavy reparations and territorial losses on Germany, reshaping Europe’s political landscape and setting the stage for future conflicts
D1jPe TIL that after the Panic of 1837, Richard Mentor Johnson, the incumbent Vice President, returned to his home state in Kentucky and opened a tavern and spa on his farm to offset his continued financial struggles.