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TIL Matthew Weiner got his job on the The Sopranos because David Chase liked a spec script Weiner wrote, that script would go on to be the pilot for Mad Men.

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kJdA4 TIL that the US considered dropping an atomic bomb on Kyoto. However, Secretary of War Henry Stimson had vacationed there and admired the city. So, he convinced President Truman to choose another target due to Kyoto’s religious significance. Nagasaki was chosen in its place.
Pr4V TIL a man in the netherlands has been sentenced to jail for sending over 3500 freedom of information-requests to the local city hall, costing the city over 500k € per year
oBEvL TIL marijuana laws are so strict in the UAE that a Briton was jailed for 4 years cannabis weighing less than a grain of sugar under his shoe; any trace of weed in your blood or urine is possession with a 4 year sentence.
NNRM TIL there is a fake propaganda news agency probably funded by the Russian government at ~USD 400k per month. Called the “Internet Research Agency”, it is run out of Russia and makes millions of fake posts and comments round the world against enemies of Russia….. (including the USA).
Kj5E TIL John Morales, the voice actor behind “McGruff the Crime Dog”, a cartoon used by the American police in building crime awareness amongst children, is currently serving a 16 year prison sentence.