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TIL U.S. President Grover Cleveland's granddaughter Philippa Foot is credited with inventing the thought experiment known as the Trolley Problem.

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7bYM TIL Teddy Roosevelt said: “I wish very much that the wrong people could be prevented entirely from breeding; and when the evil nature of these people is sufficiently flagrant, this should be done. Criminals should be sterilized and feeble-minded persons forbidden to leave offspring behind them.”
kOlr4 TIL that the form of Chicken McNuggets are not random but are intentionally shaped the way they are
BgvKD TIL the lowest grossing film ever made $30 on a $2 million budget
DJNJ TIL Hayden Christensen successfully sued USA Network for stealing the idea for “Royal Pains”. Christensen pitched a similar show called “Housecalls”, and “was never informed that a similar program was in development”
ZNjY TIL that Metallica owns the rights to the 1971 anti-war film “Johnny Got His Gun.” They bought them because they got tired of paying royalties every time the music video for their song “One” (which uses clips from the film) played.