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TIL that the famous porn film “Debbie Does Dallas” is in public domain, due to the negligence of the production company.

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b6mw4 TIL: Supercomputers know how to solve EVERY chess ending that has seven pieces or fewer remaining, regardless of position, makeup of the remaining pieces, or possible moves. This information, known as endgame tablebase, is currently 18.4 terabytes in size.
b6M7j TIL of Australia's 1975 constitutional crisis, in which the Prime Minister was removed from power by the Governor-General (representing the Crown in Australia) without an election
oOdo TIL Max Brooks, author of The Zombie Survival Guide and World War Z, is the son of comedian Mel Brooks and Actress Anne Bancroft.
p8e0Q TIL that First Nations Francis "Peggy" Pegahmagabow, the most effective sniper of WWI, volunteered for service despite the Canada government's exclusion of Aboriginal people in the army. With a kill record of 378, Peggy once ran into No-Mans Land to retrieve ammo when his company ran out.
DQoKg TIL Kangatarianism is a vegetarian diet that cuts out meat except Kangaroo on environmental and ethical grounds