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Ooama TIL the third season DVDs of "The Adventures of Pete and Pete" were made but mysteriously never distributed. The creators think they're in a warehouse: "It's recorded, we did commentary tracks with a bunch of the cast, there's all these special extras on it. They pressed them, we saw it. Nothing."
1aond TIL that during the Irish Famine, some Protestants offered to feed children, but only if they received Protestant teachings. This enraged Catholics, forced to choose between their children and faith. This stigmatized all Protestant charity, and "souper" remained an insult into the 20th century.
pN0O TIL that a Japanese magazine illegally released the names of juveniles tried and convicted for the rape, torture, and murder of a 16 year old girl, saying that “human rights aren’t needed for brutes.”
9Yder TIL the 2004 film "50 First Dates" was supposed to be set in Seattle, but Adam Sandler himself switched the story to Hawaii. "You don't see many movies [set] there....And it is such a spectacularly beautiful place for a romantic comedy."
X0V86 TIL Orval Faubus, who had opposed the integration of the Little Rock Nine as Governor of Arkansas, later endorsed civil rights activist Jesse Jackson for President in 1984 and 1988.