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TIL the expiration date on bottled water is for the bottle, not the water.

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KvkJ TIL of MASSIVE, a software package used to generate thousands of actors with their own artificial intelligence. It was used to generate the battle scenes in the Lord of the Rings films.
kORmd TIL that multiple studies have shown that CEOs with MBAs more likely to fail than non-MBA CEOs.
R57G4 TIL the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the United States Public Health Service are home to their own uniformed service corps that are separate from the U.S. military.
5LXn TIL in the early 90’s, a comic strip named “Bob Spongee” ran in northern California and featured a talking sponge with arms and legs. The creator later sued Nickelodeon but no settlement was ever reached.
v1XvL TIL the most expensive mansion ever built in the US ($179,925,000), was demolished 16 years after completion when the owner’s widow sold the property to a developer.