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TIL about the PXL2000 - a camcorder produced in 1987 that records video footage to standard audio cassettes.

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PYAAZ TIL that Sailor Moon in Japan had a lesbian couple, Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptume. In the English translation this is censored, stating they are cousins instead. Due to problematic dubbing flirting was left in, leading some viewers to infer their relationship as incestuous
d8QB7 TIL Dieter Schwarz, the founder of Lidl, did not want to use his name for the stores due to an association with the German word "Schwarzmarkt" ("black market"). Instead, he had painter Ludwig Lidl sell him the rights to use his name for 1000 DM.
jd5N TIL In ancient China, during the Imperial Exams people were isolated in small rooms for 3 days with only a jug of water, a chamber pot, and writing supplies. To prevent favoritism official typists would copy all the exams so the examiners wouldn’t recognize the handwriting of the exam takers.
pY14O TIL In 2018 over a million people in Hawaii woke up to a text message warning them of imminent inbound ballistic missiles. Despite the line indicating "This is not a drill", it was in fact sent in error.
LQB8r TIL one episode from the Pokemon anime, titled "Dennō Senshi Porygon", had a scene that caused viewers to experience seizures, temporary blindness, convulsions, and lost consciousness. 685 viewers, all of them kids, had to be taken to the hospital. It never aired outside of Japan.