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TIL that Lee Halpin, a young film-maker seeking to film a documentary about the hardships of being homeless by living as one, was found dead in the streets a few days later.

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v1Zr4 TIL that a crowd of 500 Northern civilians tried to watch the First Battle of Bull Run. Among them was a US congressman. He was close enough to the battle that, during the Union retreat, he was captured by Confederate infantry. Upon his release, he wrote a best-selling book about his imprisonment.
4Xo5X TIL a New York deaf man sued Pornhub for not providing closed captioning to all of their videos. Despite Pornhub's VP asserting that they do have a closed captions video section, the man's lawsuit specifically cites “Hot Step Aunt Babysits Disobedient Nephew" as a video that lacked closed captions.
R7a9j TIL that the mascot for Vlasic pickles is a stork because they're associated with delivering babies and pregnant women crave pickles.
lDwG TIL in Japan, a few foreign cartoons including “Bob The Builder” was suggested to be edited, adding a fifth finger to the characters’ hands. The reason was that having only four fingers implies membership of the Japanese Mafia.
XErJ8 TIL the children's cartoon Arthur is still producing new episodes and is on its 21st season, and has been running longer than South Park