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TIL Chunk from the Goonies is now a Lawyer.

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N71RJ TIL Hasbro, the US kids toy company, once owned Death Row Records, the infamous gangster rap record label
4kewo TIL in 1988 a U.S. Marine was abandoned and died in the Mojave Desert. Search only started when his weapon wasn't returned.
kOMoW TIL in the UK, A study for disappearances looked at 96 fatal cases, 53% of all male disappearances occur in the months December January and February, with 22% of those cases occurring in December between Christmas and new years eve. And 89% of bodies are found in canals, rivers, lakes or harbours.
XElrr TIL, in 1970s, South Korea introduced the Minor Offenses Act that mandated limits on men's hair length and women's miniskirt length. Men with long hair were taken to a police station to have their hair cut against their will. Arrested women were forced to wear a 'modest' costume in police station.
R7876 TIL Tennis player Stan Smith earns royalty, even after 40 years, for his shoe deal with Adidas.