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TIL: Kim Possible lives in Texas

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wov1 TIL A former critic of Scientology, the Cult Awareness Network was bankrupted by Scientology lawyers and then bought to become an information and networking center for non-traditional religions.
wxv1 TIL In early 1900s NYC, it was acceptable for gangs of teenagers to swipe and stomp people’s straw hats if worn past Sept 15th. One day in 1922, they started early. People fought back, and 8 days of riots ensued.
DQG4V TIL that Stanley Kubrick had a full-size replica of the Overlook Hotel's Colorado Lounge built on a soundstage in England for The Shining (1980) and intentionally designed it with impossible architecture and spatial inconsistencies to subtly unnerve the audience
1VgV TIL that in the 1960s there were coin operated machines with live chickens that would play piano, ring a bell or play you in tic tac toe when you dropped in a dime.
MeYv7 TIL the bass line in "Rapper's Delight" is not a direct sample of Chic's "Good Times"- rather, the producer paid a 17-year old bassist to play the same line for 15 minutes straight, with no mistakes.