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TIL in 2008 the Mayor of Belleville Illinois banned anyone over 12 from trick-or-treating, with violators receiving fines or even jail time.

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YjA7 TIL that during the Great Flood of 1993, 23 year-old James Scott removed sandbags from an Illinois levee in order to strand his wife on the other side of the river so that he could keep partying. He received life imprisonment for “intentionally causing a catastrophe”.
xOv5 TIL that soccer was called “soccer” in England from 1865 to the 1980’s. The only reason they exclusively use the term “football” today is because of its American connotations.
rRxVd TIL that Marlon Brando improvised the orange peel scene in the Godfather Part 1. Coppola revealed: "“[Brando] said, ‘Here’s how I play with kids,’ and took an orange peel, cut it into pieces that looked like fangs and slipped them into his mouth.”
ANOlg TIL both the the actress Kathleen Turner who voiced Jessica Rabbit, and Amy Irving who was Jessica Rabbit's singing voice, were uncredited
j6Jwp TIL in 1923; Frank Hayes, A racing jockey was Racing the horse named sweet kiss, Had a fatal heart attack midway through the race and died. The horse and his body crossed the finish line. Making him the first and only racer to win a race after death.