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TIL that pagers are still extensively used today in emergency services and the restaurant industry

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aw7kZ TIL George Takei refused to appear in the Simpsons episode 'Marge vs. the Monorail' because he did not want to make fun of public transportation as he was a member of the board of directors of the Southern California Rapid Transit District. The role was instead offered to Leonard Nimoy who accepted.
OG4e TIL Disneyland receives free coca-cola products in return of not selling any other competitors. So each sale is 100% profit.
6AYQ TIL Matthew Broderick (who played Ferris Bueller and voiced Simba) killed two people and only paid a fine of $175
b6Dn7 TIL there was an Egyptian Pharaoh referred to as "Hudjefa" on ancient lists of pharaohs. Modern historians have realized this was not actually his name, and instead means "erased" in Ancient Egyptian. His real name was lost in ancient times.
9YZrM TIL that a family in China adopted what they thought was a dog and raised it for 2 years, only to find out it was an Asiatic black bear. They reportedly couldn't figure out why the dog kept growing. It turns out that sort of mix-up happens fairly often.