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TIL Despite being the highest rated film on IMDB, The Shawshank Redemption only grossed about $3 million more than its budget

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a80G0 TIL Oklahoma jails women for a "failure to protect" law where if their SO is abusing children in her home and they fail to do anything about it they can be sent to prison. Typically the women's sentence is longer than the one who abused the children.
derK TIL that up until the 18th century, the fork was considered an elitist tool used by the (primarily Italian) upper class. Other Europeans considered it “unmanly,” “excessive,” and “an insult to God.”
Y76lx TIL (from a YouTube video from The Paint Explainer) Warnock's dilemma is the explication of why there is no sure way to understand why nobody comments on community post you made.
6exQ TIL that Tchaikowsky donated his skull to the Royal Shakespeare Company for it to be used in the role of Yorick in their production of Hamlet. David Tennant was the first person to use the skull in the role in 2008, over 25 years after Tchaikowsky’s death.
Brbgr TIL that in spite of there being no statues or memorials of Lincoln in the 11 states to start fighting for the Confederacy, there is a memorial to three Confederate generals built of the 100th anniversary of Lincoln's death