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TIL Humans Can Smell Rain Better Than Sharks Smell Blood

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d8nMZ TIL that there is a $200k reward for anyone who can prove that the source code MS-DOS was copied from an older OS called CP/M.
J1YLl TIL: Of Dagobert, the “DuckTales” Bandit. Frustrated artist Arno Funke built bombs and extorted high-end stores in the 1980s/1990s, calling himself Dagobert [for the German] Scrooge McDuck.He became a German folk hero, for his intricate mechanical devices, care in avoiding hurt, & intrepid escapes
ZpeGD TIL why Californians (especially in SoCal) refer to their freeways as "the (highway)" (eg. "the 5", "the 101", etc.)
woEeY TIL Audrey Hepburn's mother met Hitler and wrote favorable articles about him for the British Union of Fascists
4keD6 TIL Kevin Costner turned down starring in Air Force One (1997) so he can star in The Postman (1997), a movie he also directed. Air Force One was a critical and commercial success while The Postman was a box office bomb with Costner "winning" two Razzie awards for worst actor and director.