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TIL that the 2002 movie The Ring wasn't the first in the franchise. The 1998 Japanese film Ring (known as "Ringu" in the US) actually was the original.

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kwZg TIL George Washington had red hair.
NxmQ TIL Mattel made and sold Wonder Woman’s “invisible jet” as a collectible. The package was an empty plastic shell with nothing inside, and was originally intended as an April Fool’s joke. It now sells for several hundred dollars.
R55Kw TIL that Joshua Thompson sued Michigan AMC movie theater over the high price of concession snacks. He claims he used to take his snacks until the theater banned the practice. Thompson paid $8 for a soda and packet of Goobers, but he spent less than $3 for the same at a drug store nearby.
e9PL TIL Glass has been recycled for almost 3,000 years. It never wears out as a raw material. Just one recycled clear glass bottle saves enough energy from the manufacturing process to light a 100-watt bulb for four hours.
KOVOJ TIL Uranium-235 generates 2.5 million times more than the energy released from burning coal.