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TIL Capt. Joe Hazelwood, responsible for the Exxon Valdez disaster that spilled 11 million gallons of oil into Prince William Sound and cost $7B to clean, was only found guilty of a misdemeanor (negligent discharge of oil), and was fined $50,000, and sentenced to 1,000 hours of community service.

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NXOJ TIL that Clerks was originally rated NC-17 solely because of its graphic dialogue, until Alan Dershowitz (Harvard Law Professor and major civil rights advocate) convinced the MPAA to lower it to Rated-R