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TIL When Frank Sinatra died, Las Vegas casinos stopped spinning for 1 minute. (#8)

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4Xm05 TIL of Jackie Coogan, a child actor in the silent film era who earned millions of dollars, only to find out in his 20s that his parents spent it all on jewelry and cars. He sued and the litigation resulted in the passage of the Coogan Act, which protects child actors
dD5YZ TIL: In India, the Gulabi Gang is a female vigilante group whose purpose is to protect women of all castes using violent and nonviolent means where the law doesn't. They wield sticks and gang up to beat abusive husbands with a "100%" success rate.
N7VMM TIL that machine spun cotton candy was invented by a dentist in 1904 and then in 1921 a similar machine was invented, again by a dentist
9mNG TIL During WWII, the Dutch resistance recruited teenage girls to seduce and kill Nazis
MvYW TIL that Duck Hunt works by flashing the screen black when you shoot, except where there are ducks, and a photodiode in the barrel of the gun either picks up the lit area where the ducks are, or it doesn’t, which determines whether your shot hit or missed.