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TIL; The vast majority (92%) of sexual abuse in juvenile detention facilities is perpetrated by women against boys.

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pY1m4 TIL In All Dogs Go To Heaven (1989) Burt Reynolds struggled over 60 takes to record Charlie saying Goodbye to Anne-Marie. Voiced by 10yo Judith Barsi, she was murdered after recording. In the final take, holding a photo of her, Burt can audibly be heard breaking down, Saying goodbye one last time.
R7KGj TIL the drummer for R.E.M., Bill Berry, suffered an aneurysm on stage in 1995, then decided to quit the band along with the whole music industry and took up farming
mx9Y TIL Jiddu Krishnamurti was revered as a prophet from childhood, renounced it all, and went on to speak against institutionalised religion and political parties.
8avnZ TIL when actor Ving Rhames won a Golden Globe in 1998, he called fellow nominee Jack Lemmon to the stage and gave him the award, saying, "I feel like being an artist is about giving, and I'd like to give this to you, Mr. Jack Lemmon."
QJlBe TIL Eddie Bauer, the Seattle based founder of the outdoor clothing company, invented and patented the badminton shuttlecock that is used today in regulation play