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TIL selling child abuse material wasn't ruled to be outside of first amendment protections until 1982.

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NOQ8 TIL that actor Christopher McDonald, the actor who played Shooter McGavin in Happy Gilmore, says he never pays for a round of golf because of his widespread fame from that role.
xjR1 TIL all the poop generated on the US Navy’s newest aircraft carrier will be vaporized by plasma.
R7944 TIL that in 1955 Henry Winokur worked with brother-in-law William Rosenberg to found Dunkin’ Donuts (now Dunkin’). In 1956 he broke his partnership with Rosenberg and founded Mister Donut with his son-in-law. Today Mister Donut is the largest donut chain in Japan with over 1,300 stores.
roeW TIL the average Buzzfeed article is written at only a 4th grade level
W7Z1N TIL: Most “helium” balloons are filled with ”balloon gas”, which is recycled from the helium gas which is used in the medical industry and mixed with air