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TIL Casper the Friendly Ghost and Ghostbusters take place in the same universe. Dr. Raymond Stantz appears in both.

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Y7yxA TIL that 6174 is called the Kaprekar Constant after Indian Mathematician D.R. Kaprekar. No matter which four digit number you start with (as long as it is not identical), you will always end up at 6174 in a maximum of seven iterations.
J1gWQ TIL that due to anti-Chinese sentiment in San Francisco in the late 19th century, Levi's jeans briefly held the slogan "The only kind made by white labor" on its logo.
B98K TIL that copyright owners of factual compilations like maps and phone books will include mistakes on purpose as a “copyright trap” to catch illegal copiers in the act.
QWPX TIL Ian Bogost created a game called Cow Clicker to criticize FarmVille. You click on a cow every six hours.
gM18 TIL in 1977, a drunk Sid Vicious burst into the wrong studio, confronted Freddie Mercury who was sat alone and snarled ‘Ello’ Fred! Still bringin’ ballet to the masses?’ to which Mercury replied politely 'Ah Mr Ferocious…. We are doing our best, dear’ and shoved him through the door.