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TIL That Peter Pan has an Exception to Public Domain Law, so it can Continue to Fund a Children’s Hospital

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VMdw8 TIL Charlie Chaplin got a 16-year-old pregnant, married her to avoid jail time, then divorced her when she turned 18. He then set his eyes on a 12-year-old when she was cast in his movie. Got her pregnant at 16, pressured her to abort the child. When she refused he had her removed from a film.
emv4 TIL that the most common way we board airplanes, the block method, is actually the least efficient way.
kOAK4 TIL: In the 1930s, residents of Munich would take a small side street so they didn't need to render the Nazi salute to the shrine of the Nazis who died in the Beer Hall Putsch. This side road came to be called "Drückebergergasse" or "Shirker's alley"
Jg9m TIL that mustard is great for burns on your skin. It reduces or completely removes the pain.
R7Mo7 TIL Adventurer Robert Swan's eye color altered permanently from dark to light blue after walking through a hole in the ozone layer during his trek to the South Pole.