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TIL the actor who played the sadistic chief guard in The Shawshank Redemption is also the voice of Mr. Krabs

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oRrg8 TIL under the Alien and Sedition acts of 1798 a man was fined $100 for wishing the canon firing a salute would “hit [President John] Adams in the ass.”
RQ6l TIL of ‘Red Shirt Guy’ who stumped a panel of World Of Warcraft devs during a Q&A at BlizzCon, 2010, after asking about an inconsistency in the lore. Later, an NPC was introduced into the game who wore a bright red shirt and was named Wildhammer Fact Checker.
4Dva TIL that in California and 13 other states, if injured by a drug dealer, the victim of harm and their employer may sue the drug dealer for the costs of medical rehabilitation and treatment.
Rbvj TIL Andrew Carnegie, JP Morgan, and John D. Rockefeller combined had a net worth over 1 trillion in today’s dollars.
gax4 TIL That there is a 1500km band of land in Namibia covered in unexplained “Fairy Circles” that appear to grow and also die. Scientists have studied the area for over 30 years and still do not know their cause.