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TIL that Ontario, Canada’s Apology Act states that saying “sorry” does not legally constitute an admission of guilt or liability.

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QjbX TIL in 2003, a website called Scroogle was created by Google critic Daniel Brandt, to allow users to search Google anonymously. It stayed active until 2012, where it was shut down by Brandt due to a combination of throttling of search requests by Google and a DDoS attack.
DQM6V TIL the original superman was a homeless man tricked by an evil scientist into taking an drug that gives the powers of mind-reading, mind-control, & clairvoyance. He uses these powers maliciously for profit & amusement, but then it wears off, leaving him a powerless vagrant again He is also bald.
JYR0V TIL modern cruise control was developed by an engineer frustrated by his lawyer who kept speeding up and slowing down the car as he talked
VMwYQ TIL that when Claudius Galen wished to be chosen as physician to the High Priest of Asia's gladiators, he eviscerated an ape and challenged other physicians to repair the damage. When they refused, he performed surgery himself and won the High Priest's favour.
KOOKJ TIL: Karl Marx had terrible personal hygeine and was perpetually covered in sores.