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TIL that the movie Zoolander was released two weeks after 9/11 with the World Trade Center digitally removed from the background skyline

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b6vQ0 TIL that the term "Superhero" is jointly trademarked by both DC and Marvel, and any company wishing to use any variation of the term needs to get permission from both companies
9wgVQ TIL dummer boy Charley king was the youngest soldier to die in the American civil war. At the battle of Antietam he was wounded by a shell. He died of wounds in a field hospital near the battlefield on 20 September 1862. He was 13 years old
JYJMQ TIL 2 Things: "Master Putter-Togetherer" is an actual job title...and they put together REALLY expensive, high-quality scissors
KaOB TIL in 1956, Swedish sailor Ake Viking sent a bottled message “To Someone Beautiful and Far Away” that was found in Sicily by a 17-year-old Sicilian girl named Paolina, sparking a correspondence that culminated in their marriage in 1958.
nWBpd TIL of the Tanana River Bridge (Railroad bridge), Alaska's longest bridge was completed in 2014 at a cost of $187M (tax dollars). It connects nothing, there is no railroad on either side.