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TIL James Cromwell, the actor who played Farmer Hoggett in Babe, has since been arrested at least five times for animal rights activism

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aADA TIL a 15 year old boy named Jack Andraka made a program that can detect pancreatic cancer, a general procedure that usually costs about $2,000-$5,000 for just $3.
7rpbL TIL the Caesar salad is named after the Italian restaurateur Caesar Cardini, who first created the salad in his restaurant in Tijuana, Mexico.
m11AM TIL that Bruce Springsteen has only had two #1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100: Manfred Mann's Earth Band's 1977 cover of his song "Blinded By The Light" and 1985's "We Are The World," which he sang with a large ensemble of famous musicians. His song "Dancing in the Dark" only got to #2.
J1XWl TIL in 2016, a man who had been stalking “iCarly” actress Miranda Cosgrove shot at a woman in a car near Cosgrove's home before lighting himself on fire and fatally shooting himself in Cosgrove's yard. Two years prior, she was granted a restraining order against a different stalker.
D1nnV TIL: Subaru created ad campaigns for lesbians after market research showed lesbians were a large portion of their customer base.