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TIL HAL Laboratory’s (creators of Kirby and Super Smash Bros.) name was created to put them one step ahead of IBM with each letter

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BMvk TIL FOX threatened to sue The Simpsons over a FOX News gag, but didn’t because they would have effectively been suing themselves
7VeZ TIL that crime has not just been declining for decades, but for centuries.
8eAka TIL the colour orange came first because oranges used to be green. Even today some are green in Thailand and Vietnam
1myD TIL frustrated book publishers convinced the New York Times to add a children’s category to their Bestselling book list due to Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone holding the #1 spot for 2 years
0wKk5 TIL A house Cat's genome is around 95.6% Tiger. They diverged in the evolutionary tree around 10.8 million years ago.