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TIL that Uber drivers have been assaulted (at least) 24,000 times between 2017 and 2020

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DQNQV TIL Johny Depp began developing a Dr. Seuss film biopic in 2011 but the project stalled. In 2018, Stephen Chbosky became director for a film about young Seuss' life as a struggling writer in the 1920s prior to meeting his future wife Helen Palmer
N79mJ TIL "Bridget Loves Bernie" was the #5 TV show of the 1972-73 season but was canceled after one year due to the controversy of its story of a wealthy Catholic girl marrying a Jewish cab driver. It was the highest-rated show ever to be canceled after one year.
epx6 TIL John Forbes Nash (of A Beautiful Mind fame) was admitted to graduate school on the strength of a one sentence recommendation letter from his advisor that read “This man is a genius”.
XElRE TIL the dollar bill has been the same since 1929. The reason is that the government thinks no one would take the trouble of counterfeiting such a low denomination currency and hence it does not need the fancy updates or security features seen in the higher value currencies.
eYG5 TIL that As part of David Hasslehoff’s divorce settlement, he kept possession of the nickname “Hoff” and the catchphrase “Dont Hassle the Hoff”.