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TIL the latest estimate for US life expectancy is 76.1 years, indicating a drop of almost 3 YEARS since 2019...

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kO1Dg TIL in 1982, Universal Studios sued Nintendo on the grounds that Donkey Kong was an exact copy of Universal-alleged owned King Kong. The judge ruled that Universal acted in bad faith by threatening Nintendo’s licensees and it had no right over King Kong due to being in public domain.
lOQN TIL that there is a website which provides a fake phone number for you to give to someone instead of your actual number. It then displays all the texts and calls on the site, available for the public
b9L54 TIL that Apple made a video game console in the ‘90s
ZpX0Y TIL that Bobby Driscoll, the voice of Disney's Peter Pan, lost his film contract due to puberty related acne, turned to drugs, went to prison, hung out with Andy Warhol, and died penniless and alone in an abandoned building in the East Village.
GGL7 TIL that even in today’s sitcoms, a large percentage of the people in the laugh-track have since passed away. Meaning that we watch comedies marked by the laughter of dead people.