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TIL that the Dodd Frank Consumer Protection Act had a clause in it called the Eddie Murphy Rule to prevent insider trading in the commodities market, in reference to the movie Trading Places.

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A9ag TIL That unwashed eggs still have their protective coating, the bloom, and are safe to store on the counter. Many modern countries wash eggs before sale so they ‘look’ cleaner and safer, but this opens the pores of the shell for infection from bacteria during storage time.
wemo TIL, In February 2003, a Florida Court of Appeals unanimously agreed with an assertion by FOX News that there is no rule against distorting or falsifying the news in the United States.
gr6YA TIL: Toad the Wet Sprocket got their name from a Monty Python sketch
m10bR TIL Titanic Officer, Charles Lightoller later assisted evacuation efforts in Dunkirk during WWII. The character, Dawson, in the Christopher Nolan film, was inspired by him.
y7Ne TIL that on this day 100 years ago, Jack LaLane was born. When he opened his first health club, doctors advised their patients to stay away and warned their patients that “LaLanne was an exercise ‘nut,’ whose programs would make them "muscle-bound” and cause severe medical problems.