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TIL James Huberty called a mental health clinic, left his name, and waited for hours for them to return his call. His name was written down as “Shouberty” and the call was a non-crisis because Huberty was so polite. The next day he carried out one of America’s worst rampage killings.

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BgpVb TIL After the massive success of their original 1969 cartoon, “Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!” Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc. went down a rabbit hole and spent the next decade or so ripping off their own ‘Scooby formula’ to produce a TON of hysterically weird Scooby-doo clones.
awGJZ TIL that Ninebot, a Chinese manufacturer of Segway style scooters, made so much money off their copies that they could afford to buy Segway.
loRbG TIL When Anne Hathaway first met with Christopher Nolan about being in The Dark Knight Rise she thought she it was for the role of Harley Quinn and wore a Quinn-like outfit and acted like her so Nolan would see her in the role. When Nolan told her in was Catwoman her entire attitude changed.
dLNQ TIL that the American government had a “Conscience Fund” where people could send money if they felt guilty. The largest sum ever received was from 1909 when someone mailed in $18,669 (US$ 490,000 in 2015)
d80m9 TIL that during a negotiation with Portuagal in 1617, future Queen Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba was not offered a chair, instead being offered a mat. This was an attempt to disrespect her, so she ordered her servant to get on the ground and then sat on her back during the negotiations.