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TIL About Rachel Corrie, an American Peace Activist that was killed by Israeli Defense Forces when they were bulldozing Palestinian homes

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vaYK TIL when child actor Jackie Coogan turned 18 he found out all his money ($68 million) had been spent by his mother who argued “No promises were ever made to give Jackie anything. Every dollar a kid earns before he is 21 belongs to his parents.” Coogan’s Bill was passed to protect child actors
5YPkD TIL of Pope Benedict IX,who was Pope on three separate occasions.He bribed his first election at the age of 20,then was forced out. He then forced his successor to step down and sold the papacy to his godfather,Pope Gregory VI some months later.Benedict subsequently had second thoughts and returned.
m18Qv TIL 720 fire-fighting men and women were killed in the line of duty during WW2 in England and Wales
DLbV TIL that the genre of music played in the Mos Eisley Cantina of the Star Wars universe is know as jizz
Wk4jd TIL that in 1981, three german tourists camped at Buchingham Palace, after mistaking it for a public park.