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TIL In the original ending to "Pretty Woman", Richard Gere's character throws Julia Roberts character out of his limo in a dirty alley and tosses $3,000 on top of her

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L0GZ TIL that in the 60s there was a spin off of The Black Panther Party called The White Panther Party that won a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in 1972. The court ruled warrantless wiretapping was unlawful under the U.S. Constitution, even in the case where national security was in danger.
VBX1G TIL of Susan Travers, the British-born WWII veteran who was the only woman to ever serve in the French Foreign Legion
5Ydm8 TIL Hitler wanted to burn Paris to the ground before the Allies retook the city, but the order was disobeyed by "Saviour of Paris" General Dietrich von Choltitz who later asserted his affection for the French Capital and his belief that Hitler had gone insane as reasons for his defiance
N1yQ TIL JFK said “There is a terrific disadvantage not having the abrasive quality of the press applied to you daily … even though we never like it, and even though we wish they didn’t write it … there isn’t any doubt that we could not do the job at all in a free society without [the press]”
l7PY5 TIL a South Park video game was completely finished for the Game Boy, but was personally cancelled by Trey Parker and Matt Stone who felt the adult content didn't suit the console. The developers then reskinned the game's artwork, and released it as a Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen game.