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TIL of Grant Gelt, the kid who played Bertram in The Sandlot, who was described at the end of the film as getting "really into the 60's and no one ever saw him again." According to Grant's IMDB page, his last credited role was for a 1999 TV Film known as "The 60's" and he's had no other roles since

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6EP7m TIL the oatmeal raisin cookie was originally labeled as “health food” despite being almost equally fattening and sugary as chocolate chip cookies.
R7wZw Today I learned that Bryan Ware created the Crayon Initiative that collects used crayons from restaurants and melts them down to make new crayons for children's hospitals.
My7W TIL that in WWII a British pilot made an emergency landing on an Italian island, only to have the island surrender to him.
YpZ7r [TIL] that Isaac Wright (Bran on GOT) had to leave university after only 8 weeks because of all the attention he got. People had his flat address and his email address. He was even assigned a campus police officer at one point. When his then girlfriend came to visit they hid in his room for a week.
jYbM TIL America’s first serial killers were the Bender family in 1800s Kansas. They targeted westward settlers, had them sit in a seat of honor at their inn, then hit them in the head with a hammer and cut their throats. They are suspected of killing 21.