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TIL that in 1951, MGM owed the dog who played Lassie $40,000 in back pay. Not planning any more Lassie movies, MGM instead gave the rights to the Lassie trademark to the dog’s trainer, who spun it off into a TV show that ran for 19 seasons.

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EKDP TIL after Pablo Escobar escaped from prison and was on the run in the jungles of Columbia with his family, it was so damp that he couldn’t find dry kindle to make a fire so he used his money… he burned over $2 Million dollars just to keep him and his daughter warm.
18Lr TIL the U.S. Army illegally performed “psychological operations” to manipulate American senators into providing more troops and war funding – and when an officer tried to stop the operation, he was railroaded by military investigators.
R7067 TIL of Wilgefortis, a female saint whose distinguishing feature is a large beard, which grew after she prayed God to make her repulsive in order to avoid an unwanted marriage. She is the patron saint of women seeking refuge of abusive husbands, and the patron saint of facial hair
R7KO6 TIL Dueling Dino fossil that shows a Triceratops and juvenile T rex battling to death hasn't been available to paleontologists for 13 years after its discovery because of a legal battle between the landowners and the excavation team.
YpmMW TIL Female kangaroos clean their pouches by licking them out. “She is able to push her long snout in to clean it effectively, removing the urine and feces of the young joey by using her tongue,”