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TIL that conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh who advocated mandatory-minimum sentencing for drugs users went to a rehab for his addiction to illegally obtained OxyContin, twice.

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e06kL TIL one of the few reasons why the film industry is based in California because filmmakers wanted to get away from Thomas Edison, who owned nearly all film-making patents based in New Jersey. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which covered Los Angeles County, was known not to enforce patent claims.
j6rpR TIL the Bony-eared assfish has the smallest known brain-to-body weight ratio of all vertebrates.
Vr94 TIL that more money was spent on advertising and merchandising for ‘The Force Awakens’ (250 million dollars) than on actual production (200 million).
995G TIL In 2006 casino mogul Steve Wynn was set to conduct the largest art transaction in history by selling Picasso’s Le Rêve for $139 million. The day before the transaction was set to take place Wynn accidentally stuck his elbow through the painting.
8eGob TIL “In Germany there is a derogatory term ‘sitzpinkler’ for a man who sits down to pee. It means he’s kind of a wuss --Physicists probe urination 'splashback' problem