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TIL To Catch a Predator was cancelled because a Texas District Attorney committed suicide after being caught exchanging photos with an underage boy.

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oBp48 Til that if adjusted for inflation,The Birth of a Nation(1915) is the first ever film to gross a over a billion dollars,at 1.8 billion dollars gross(in modern money),making it the forth highest grossing film ever.
wLpx7 TIL the Christmas song, "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" was written during the Great Depression and had lyrics telling those who were fortunate enough to give back to others and raise spirits. As such, the true meaning of the song is to be as charitable and kind as children believe Santa to be.
L5mv TIL that after he won the lifetime achievement award from AFI, Dustin Hoffman went home and had a panic attack because he felt that everything was over.
Odk6 TIL that Up With People, the upbeat youth ensemble that headlined four Super Bowl halftime shows, was financed by companies like Exxon and Halliburton with the intention of counteracting social change in the U.S. and promoting American capitalism overseas
Qj19 TIL Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States were the only countries to vote against the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples