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TIL that Apple does not have a trademark on the “i” prefix.
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TIL that the city of Huescar forgot they were at war with Denmark until a local historian found the declaration 172 years later. No shots were fired during the war.
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TIL In 1985, an F-15A launched an anti-satellite missile from a 65-degree climb at 38,100 feet, knocking out an orbiting satellite 345 miles above the Earth; the missile traveled at 11,000 mph when it hit the satellite, which was orbiting at 17,000 mph
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TIL In his infamous movie, The Room, Tommy Wiseau originally wanted there to be a plotline in which it is revealed that Johnny is a vampire. This would include a scene where Johnny’s car would start to fly from the rooftop into the night sky.
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TIL during a Space Shuttle launch abort in 1984, leaking hydrogen was causing a fire invisible to human eyes. If the astronauts had evacuated according to the emergency procedure, they would have been incinerated by it.
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TIL that, according to the Canadian Federal government, Santa Claus is a Canadian Citizen.