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TIL With huge financial incentives from the United States, Egypt's Mubarak remained committed to the Camp David treaty, despite misgivings about dealing with Israel. To keep the peace at home, Mubarak instituted emergency laws to protect Egypt's stability and security

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1Awd TIL on September 19, 1985, when Frank Zappa famously testified before Congress to protest the PMRC’s attempt to legislate and censor heavy metal music lyrics, Zappa compared the proposed legislation to “treating dandruff by decapitation”
La8d TIL when he was 7, Vin Diesel broke into a New York theater with his brother in order to vandalize it. When the pair was caught, instead of calling the police, the artistic director offered them roles in an upcoming show, therefore starting Diesel’s acting career
0dpbp TIL that for 15 years some of Canada’s largest grocery chains, including Loblaws, conspired to keep bread prices artificially high. During that time bread prices rose 96% compared to overall food inflation of only 45%.
VMolm TIL stock scammer Jordan Belfort originally wanted to be a dentist, but backed out when his college dean told him on the first day that "The golden age of dentistry is over. If you’re here simply because you’re looking to make a lot of money, you’re in the wrong place."
v7n8 TIL that The Simpons character “Edna Krabappel” was retired after Emmy Award-winning voice actress Marcia Wallace died in 2013. To acknowledged her death, the chalkboard in the opening sequence was changed to read a single “We’ll really miss you Mrs. K”