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TIL the Pillars of Creation don’t actually exist anymore and have been destroyed over 1000 years ago.

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kOPxE TIL that when a child actor is cast in California, a trust fund, or Coogan account, is setup to store at least 15% of their earnings. This was after the parents of Jackie Coogan, a child star from some early Charlie Chaplin movies, squandered nearly all of his fortune before he reached adulthood
x6Ox5 TIL that use of the word "Piracy" to describe copyright infringement is actually centuries old.
LLg9 TIL calorie counts in food labels are based on 19th century research, that has been dismissed since, as being vague approximations that don’t project the truth that the calories we get change considerably depending on the structure of the food, how it is processed, and the physiology of the eater
OGLP1 TIL there's an Arkansas City in Kansas, and Arkansas is pronounced with the 's' so it rhymes with "Kansas"
xVVdg TIL Coca-Cola was first marketed as a brain tonic