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TIL that Dylan McDermott was never in Home Alone 3. Lenny Von Dohlen played Burton Jernigan in Home Alone 3.

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0wNV1 TIL in 2000 Portugal decriminalized ALL drugs. If police find someone w/a supply larger than 10 days worth of personal use they aren’t arrested but brought before a “dissuasion panel” made up of experts who evaluate the person & prescribe treatment. both HIV infections & deaths by OD have plummeted.
N58e TIL Chris Rock snuck a copy of the Pamela Anderson sex tape to a 15 year old Make-A-Wish boy that was dying of cancer. [video@13:00]
4X1Go TIL Craig Ferguson won a Peabody Award in 2009 for his interview with Archbishop Desmond Tutu
aGN TIL Howard Tracy Hall created the first synthetic diamond in the ‘50s. He worked for GE, who made a fortune off his work. They rewarded him with a $10 bond.
PY71g TIL that in 1990 there was only 1 full-time exorcist in the catholic church. Today there are several hundreds.