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TIL In 2005, after a controversial eminent domain law was passed, allowing corporations to seize private land for their own use, an entrepreneur cited the new law in an attempt to confiscate the home of the judge who ruled in favor of it, generating wide support.

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8wk8 TIL, 90% of the world’s data has been created in the last two years.
0vN5 TIL that, when John Kricfaluci was asked if his cartoons Ren and Stimpy were gay, he replied “I don’t know if they’re gay or not, that’s their own business.”
ANNvB TIL that Brown Bears are found along the coast, while the subspecies Grizzly Bears are inland; Grizzlies are generally smaller and more aggressive due to the restricted access to abundant food, which is more common along the coast.
Y7x5x TIL Bruce Springsteen did not pay his taxes until he was put on the cover of Time Magazine in 1975. He then spent the next few years paying off his taxes, leaving him with only $20,000 on his 30th birthday despite multiple best-selling records and tours.
1NeP TIL in 1968, having deemed 11 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons too politically incorrect to air, United Artists withheld them from syndication. The “Censored 11” haven’t aired on TV since, but clips have crept online, giving today’s audiences a window into cringeworthy racist stereotypes.