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TIL: Rick Moranis stopped acting in 1997, after this wife died from breast cancer, so he could raise raise his children.

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kONXd TIL mail-order service Columbia House was responsible for over 15% of all CD sales in 1994. Its practice of "negative option billing" is now banned in 15 states and most Canadian provinces and the service shut down in 2009. A class action lawsuit was filed in 2011 due to inability to cancel.
oOyA TIL That the saying “When it rains it pours”, was actually a saying created by the Morton Salt Company when they began using magnesium carbonate in their salt to prevent clumping in humid weather.
dDWKK TIL that the word "hello" is younger than the United States. It was first attested to in writing in 1826.
OoRQe TIL of the 'Toddler's Truce', where no TV programmes were scheduled to air in post-war Britain between 6-7 PM. The thinking was that ending the programmes at 6 would give parents time to put children to bed before evening programmes began; it would remain in place until 1957
loOe1 TIL that Disney passed on the script of "Back to the Future", saying the idea of a mother falling in love with her son was contrary to the company's longtime traditional family-friendly image