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TIL Mail carriers can be fired for not delivering junk mail.

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R5186 TIL the first yelling at Rocky Horror Picture Show screening happened after 5 months in midnight screening. Upon seeing a character place a newspaper over her head to protect herself from rain, someone yelled, "Buy an umbrella you cheap bitch!"
gOaL TIL that Fox and Lucasfilm only permitted Mel Brooks to make Spaceballs after he agreed to not produce action figures or other merchandising
69ddJ TIL that the Pointer Sisters sing "I'm so excited" instead of "I'm suicidal". I had always wondered why the song was so happy.
GeXG TIL that the BTK serial killer had a job installing security systems. Many of his clients booked the company to stop BTK from entering their homes, unaware that BTK himself was installing them.
YpMNB TIL: Only in the twentieth century did humans decide that the dandelion was a weed. Before the invention of lawns, the golden blossoms and lion-toothed leaves were more likely to be praised as a bounty of food, medicine and magic. Gardeners used to weed out the grass to make room for the dandelions.