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TIL Ed Gale (actor for horror icon Chucky) had been under investigation for sexting minors up until his death.

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WOJB TIL, Palam Kalyanasundaram, donated his entire salary for 30 years, his retirement pension, to the needy. Conferred “The man of the millennium, he also donated the INR 30-crore award money. He is the first person in the world to spend the entire earnings for a social cause.
d81d7 TIL: The fake rock group "The Mosquitoes" (Bingo, Bango, Bongo, and Irving) from Gilligan's Island were a real group called The Wellingtons, and had recorded the Gilligan's Island Theme song used in Season 1
BwLL TIL that Kelloggs made their cereal boxes thinner in 2008 but kept the price the same so that buyers wouldn’t perceive the smaller size box when viewed from the front.
1okr TIL James Bowie would smuggle slaves in to the U.S., turn them in, then buy them back at half price, making $65,000
R7XXa TIL that, despite Christians being ~1% of Japan‘s population, 60-70% of Japanese couples are married in Christian ceremonies