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TIL that movie studios take out insurance in case the movie is delayed getting produced or has location issues

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RXlw TIL the Verizon Wireless TV spokesman was eager to get out of his contract when someone said “can you hear me now” at his grandmother’s funeral.
X0B8P TIL Taoist myths say Lao Tzu was a virgin birth. By the mid-twentieth century, consensus had emerged among Western scholars that the historicity of such a person is doubtful and that the Tao Te Ching is a compilation of Taoist sayings by many hands, with an author being invented afterwards.
6E8JY TIL every state in the U.S. will collect checks and bank accounts as well as safety deposit boxes that you have not used for multiple years and hold onto that money for you. Its called escheat and you can go online and see if you have any money the state is holding on to for you.
0QAj TIL that the Alaskan Malamute became the state dog of Alaska after a 3 year campaign and legislative process that started with a kindergartner asking the question, “Why doesn’t Alaska have a state dog.”
DQEbD TIL the history of this iconic design known as "jazz"