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TIL that when J.R.R. Tolkien was asked what he thought about Frank Herbert’s novel Dune, he replied he disliked it “with some intensity” and said it wouldn’t be fair to say anything negative about another working author.

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4aba TIL: A 71-year-old man was convicted of murder for shooting the man who robbed him of $18,000 of property. The Assistant District Attorney argued that “The law recognizes the right to self-defense, but you can never take a human life for property,” that the man should have yelled for help instead.
oBd5R TIL that 21 USC §331(b), 333, 343 & 21 CFR §150.160(b)(2) make it a federal crime to sell jam made from a combination of more than five fruits.
PwxL TIL James Henry Hammond defender of slavery, former Governor, Congressman and Senator of South Carolina. Abused four of his nieces, took a slave as a mistress and later replaced her with their daughter, also a slave and had children with her.
geD8 TIL In Japan, death by overwork is so common that they have a word for it, “Karoshi”. Some examples of karoshi are: working 110 hours a week, working 3000 hours a year with no days off in 15 years, working 4320 hours a year, and working 34 hour shifts five times a month.
rD51 TIL In the six days it takes to complete an episode, “South Park” employees typically put in 100 hours per week.