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TIL American fathers can be imprisoned for not having enough money to pay for their children

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R7d8a TIL actor Joseph Fiennes was familiar with one of the key filming locations for Best Picture movie Shakespeare In Love (1998) as it was his ancestral home, Broughton Castle. Joseph is the fourth cousin of Nathaniel Fiennes, 21st Baron Saye and Sele, who owns the property.
bN97 TIL that the word plagiarism comes from plagiarii. In the ancient Mediterranean world, plagiarii were pirates who kidnapped young children, among other misdeeds. When plagiarists claim someone else’s ideas as their own, they steal someone else’s brainchild.
GAlbg TIL This Alkaline African Lake Turns Animals into Stone
V1Lp TIL at the Battle of Muret, the French-crusader army killed the Aragonese king and 20,000 other soldiers, whilst their own casualties totalled 8.
78aw7 TIL that milky liquid in dandelions is latex.