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TIL Elijah Wood spoke of an organized child sex abuse in Hollywood (before the Weinstein and #MeToo incidents)

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rr9x TIL Australian police were able to indict a suspected ringleader of a child porn site by matching a freckle on his finger with one in images of child abuse.
4Xwgg TIL that during the fall of Saigon in April of 1975, the American radio station played "White Christmas" to signal American troops to immediately move to evacuation points
6EB9l TIL that in 1998 Sony had the chance to buy the rights to almost every Marvel character for 25 million. They opted to only buy the rights to Spider-Man for just 7 million, stating, "Nobody gives a shit about the other Marvel characters."
YpZnv TIL last words of murderer James French in the eletrical chair were "How's this for your headline? 'French Fries'"
6O0l TIL of hockey player Clint Malarchuck who, in 1989 nearly died after his carotid artery and jugular vein were both sliced open in a freak hockey accident. Then 19 years later in 2008, Malarchuck attempted suicide by shooting himself with a rifle. He survived and now gives speeches about OCD.