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TIL about “An Open Secret” which appears to only be available on YouTube and chronicles decades of pedophilia and child sex abuse in Hollywood and the attempt by many to ignore and cover it up.

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p6Ye TIL the famous sci-fi series, Dune, was rejected by nearly twenty book publishers when Frank Herbert sought to publish them.
9YJRM TIL a scientist grew mold in a dish, placing it in the center representing Tokyo and oat flakes around it the other cities in the area. It first filled the space with plasmodia, and then thinned the network to focus on well connected branches. The network strikingly resembled Tokyo's rail system.
graNy TIL Prince turned down major label record deals at the age of 15 because they wouldn't let him produce himself.
wLV98 TIL that cats can successfully receive blood donations from dogs
6ZX7 TIL for the first 35 years of his life, Jack Nicholson didn’t know his sister was actually his mother. He didn’t find out until 9 years after her death from cancer, thanks to a TIMES Journalist.