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TIL actor Dave Foley can’t return to Canada withoutt going to jail because he owes 600,000 and is “ literally obligated to give away 400% of my income, or otherwise go to jail.”

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loKK1 TIL that thousands of Americans may have died because they were afraid to fly. Since 9/11 led travelers to choose driving over flying, Cornell researchers believe that the attacks caused an increase of 242 deaths per month due to flying being safer than driving.
1AQr TIL Orson Welles once hired an all-black cast playing MacBeth in 1948, trying to give black actors a chance without being funny or exotic, playing the classics.
5YgAk TIL about popsicles that don’t melt. After the 2011 tsunami, scientists helping strawberry farmers in Japan salvage damaged crops accidentally discovered that liquid polyphenol extracted from the berries caused cream to solidify. This lead to Kanazawa Ice pops, which can stay frozen up to an hour.
Br9oK TIL Stephen Hawking once threw a cocktail party for time travelers, only sending out invitations afterwards. Nobody showed up.
e0nV6 TIL of Togo, the real hero dog of the Serum run to Nome in 1925 who ran more then any other sled team (including Balto's) saved his teams lives by going through a blizzard blind and crossing breaking ice.