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TIL Rick Moranis retired from acting after his wife died of liver cancer so he could raise his children

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kakg TIL that in Ethiopia ‘marriage by abduction,’ which is often followed by rape and forced pregnancy accounts for 69% of all the nation’s marriages.
v1bVK TIL about the 2 Bruderhof communities in England. Where Christians live together in communes, sharing their income and resources. According to ex members, they perform "exorcism" ceremonies for people with autism, cancer and psychosis.
LQdb0 TIL When threatened, a female quokka may drop her joey from her pouch to divert the predator's attention while she escapes.
GYlJE TIL that James Barrie, creator of Peter Pan, gave the Peter Pan copyright to Great Ormond Street Hospital, the leading children's hospital in London, which helped support the institution's work for 70 years after his passing
78P4r TIL the 1983 film "Scarface" was originally given an X rating three times in a row by the MPAA. On the fourth appeal, the film was finally given an R rating, but director Brian De Palma released the original version anyway, only admitting to it months after the film's release.