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TIL Francis Coppola told the victim molested by his protege Victor Salva that he would be blacklisted during the post-production of Clownhouse, and then attempted to sue the 12 year old for breach of contract

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KYvOG TIL: That in 1956 the canals in Venice, Italy were drained and cleaned.
v1KmL TIL about China's biggest drug bust. A 'Breaking Bad' village in China that had 77 Meth labs and 20% of the villagers involved in the production and supply of more than a third of China's Meth output. The local police protected the operation and used police vehicles to move drugs around.
ADMYa TIL According to the Oxford Dictionary, the word “kinda” has been around since the early 20th century. It calls “whatcha” a “nonstandard contraction.” “Hafta,” on the other hand, is called “informal”, while "lemme" is a "contraction"
4XXn5 TIL that the months SEPTember, OCTober, NOVember, and DECember used to be the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th months until Julius Ceaser and Augustus came into power and added the months July and August.
gM1XX TIL Antarctica has a fire department because fire poses a serious threat to the researchers there. Antartica is dry, windy, and doesn't have a lot of liquid water to douse the flame with.