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TIL Gerry Rafferty (Stealers Wheels) and Billy Connolly (famous British Comedian) had a band called The Humblebums

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gMa5D TIL Milk Duds (the candy) were dubbed Milk Duds because they were flawed. The original intention was for the candy to be perfectly round. When they came out awkwardly misshapen, they were dubbed "Duds"
rNe9M TIL when Ben Stiller decided to play the lead role in Tropic Thunder himself, Tom Cruise called him & said that "he just couldn't get the script out of his mind" & asked him "What else is open?" Stiller suggested the role which Cruise had actually invented, studio head Les Grossman, and he took it.
V7pm TIL that the term “grandfathered in” originated from Jim Crow laws which allowed men to be exempt from literacy tests and poll taxes if their grandfather was eligible to vote prior to 1866, effectively ensuring many illiterate white men could still vote, while black men couldn’t.
Y8N7 TIL in Russia many doctors “treat” alcoholism by surgically implanting a small capsule into their patients. The capsules react so severely with alcohol that once the patient touches a single drop, they instantly acquire an excruciating illness of similar intensity to acute heroin withdrawal
mQlP TIL Ill-gotten gains from criminal activity must be reported as income for tax purposes and taxpayer may also take deductions for costs relating to criminal activity. SCOTUS ruled that the purpose of the tax code was to tax net income, not punish unlawful behavior.