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TIL when child actor Jackie Coogan turned 18 he found out all his money ($68 million) had been spent by his mother who argued “No promises were ever made to give Jackie anything. Every dollar a kid earns before he is 21 belongs to his parents.” Coogan’s Bill was passed to protect child actors

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e96n TIL an 82 year old woman in Kansas is regularly harassed by the FBI, police, IRS and others just because she lives in the central point of the US. Her property is automatically noted as the default location for 600 million IP addresses, including many used by online scammers.
e0kaL TIL That Lions still live in their natural habitat in India. There are an estimated 650 lions living in Gir National Park. This makes India the only country where lions and tigers could theoretically meet in the wild.
gr8v7 TIL: Of the Battle Of Athens, Tennessee in 1946. The Battle of Athens (sometimes called the McMinn County War) was a rebellion led by citizens in Athens and Etowah, Tennessee, United States, against the local government in August 1946. The citizens, including some World War II veterans, accused ...
Rybl TIL on average, the center of gravity is about three percent higher in blacks than whites. This partially explains why blacks are better sprinters and whites are better swimmers.
LvBP TIL that after being ordered by court to pay $3.6M in fines, Peter Sunde Kolmisoppi (Pirate Bay Co-Founder) wrote them an ‘IOU’