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8aaZ4 TIL Charlie Chaplin's youngest child, Christopher Chaplin, is only 55. By comparison, his oldest child, Norman Chaplin, would have been 98 this year.
A4W7 TIL that Canada has passed a law banning genetic discrimination - when providing a service or signing a contract, among other things - and which is now included within the Canadian Human Rights Act.
1aop4 TIL The Democratic Republic of Congo is widely considered one of the world's richest countries in natural resources; its untapped deposits of raw minerals are estimated to be worth in excess of US$24 trillion. Yet, owing to political instability, it remains one of the poorest countries (per capita).
e0DMk TIL that Shrek was known as the "gulag" of DreamWorks, where animators would be sent if their work on "The Prince of Egypt" was not satisfactory.
4ZLg TIL there is a giant salt mine 1200 feet beneath Detroit