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TIL that being taken hostage by Iraq does not get you out of paying child support for that time. Instead you will be arrested upon your release for failure to pay.

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VVXm TIL that in the first-released Star Wars film, “A New Hope,” out of the 121 minutes of running time, Darth Vader was on screen for all of 12 minutes, or less than 10% of the film.
ZpvAv Today I learned new things to invest in that so had never considered
VQZ0 TIL that in 1992, instead of engaging in a messy legal battle over the use of a slogan, the CEOs of Southwest Airlines and Stevens Aviation simply arm-wrestled for whose company would own it.
m1XGp TIL Industrial Biotest Labs (IBT) conducted almost 1/3rd of all safety testing for chemicals and drugs in the US from the 1950s to 70s. It was later was discovered that IBT had been falsifying data amd mislead federal authorities on the safety of many commercial products for approval.
BrrmK TIL Shelley Duvall from the Shining is struggling with mental illness