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TIL that Texas parents are allowed to serve their own underage children alcohol but are liable for prosecution if the child subsequently gets into a fight, falls and hurts him/herself, or is sexually assaulted

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MQ9a TIL there is a camp for kids with Tourette Syndrome called Camp Twitch and Shout
4kXb TIL that “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” is the first and ONLY fantasy film EVER to win an Academy Award for “Best Picture”.
NV0e TIL… When Alan Shepard was waiting for liftoff to become the first American in space, a reporter asked him what he was thinking about. He replied “The fact that every part of this ship was built by the low bidder.” [Fixed Title]
X5Lj TIL that when a kid lied to his friends about being Jay Leno’s nephew, Jay Leno helped the kid out by dropping him off at school in a Lamborghini Countach.
W70NN TIL Ray Bradbury sold Fahrenheit 451 to Hugh Hefner in 1953. It was published in issues 2, 3, and 4 of Playboy.