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TIL that if you report a tax cheat to the IRS you’ll be paid a minimum of 15% of the amount owed

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d8yvZ TIL that the live penguins that starred in Batman Returns (1992) had their own refrigerated dressing rooms and a swimming pool. The set was kept cold for them. Danny DeVito was the only one who was comfortable, because of the extensive face prosthetics, heavy padding, and heavy coat he had to wear.
788gM TIL that Voyager 1, the furthest man-made object from Earth, has begun sending incomprehensible data regarding its position, despite working fine otherwise. The fault is believed to be in the systems controlling attitude and articulation, even as the craft keeps it's antenna directed at Earth.
LGo9 TIL that Slash hated the song sweet child o mine even though it was an instant hit and was born around a riff he himself played accidentally for fun.
yQJjl TIL about Bostrom's trilemma. If humans don't kill themselves off and reach the point of being able to simulate human brains, and don't develop universally believed ethics not to, then, statistically speaking, there is a higher chance you are a computer simulation than not.
jxPQ TIL Steve from “Blues Clues” released an indie rock album produced by Dave Fridmann of Mercury Rev and featuring Steve Drozd of The Flaming Lips.