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TIL “PNG” is pronounced “ping”

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R5Rnj TIL In the 1990s Marvel released their financial reports in comic book form. The comics featured characters like Spider-Man and The Incredible Hulk discussing revenue sources and future business plans.
v14Gx TIL Jeff Bezos is building a 10,000 Year Clock inside a remote mountain in West Texas an icon for long-term thinking. It ticks once a year, the century hand advances once every 100 years, and the cuckoo comes out on the millennium, and will keep time for the next 10,000 years.
Vxg4 TIL the word “barbarian” originally referred to people who don’t speak Greek, because the Greeks thought people who spoke a foreign tongue sounded like they were saying “bar bar bar” all the time.
XGG6 TIL after Disney sued Deadmau5 claiming his mask looked too similar to the Mickey Mouse head, he sued them back for using one of his songs without his permission in one of their videos.
QG4d TIL Katy Perry’s dad used to manufacture and sell acid with Timothy Leary, and her mom dated Jimi Hendrix. Both are now Pentacostal pastors.