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TIL all the dogs that have played Lassie are descended from the original actor, Pal

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NJr8 TIL that the name ‘Clint Eastwood’ is an anagram for 'Old West Action’.
R5WB4 TIL A world renowned anti-doping expert got fired as a university professor after he secretly recorded people with a video camera hidden inside a toolbox in a storage room used as a change room on campus. It went on for three months and involved four women—two of whom were changing
Wkx1X TIL Jerry Springer was on the Cincinnati City Council from 1971-75 but resigned after being caught buying a hooker. He won his seat back by a landslide in 1977 due to his honesty and went on to serve a year as the mayor and attempted a run for Governor.
GY9X1 TIL After an MIT student discovered a security flaw in Bostons subway fare collection system. Instead of fixing the problem the city sued the student and newspapers who reported it, then tried to have a Judge hold the student in contempt of court if he publicly spoke about the security flaw.
epnmk TIL Electronic Arts was actively developing an open world RPG set in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-Earth back in 2007 called The White Council, in the same vein as Bethesda's Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion. The game was canceled though for unknown reasons after a year or so of development