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TIL that sci fi franchises popular around the world today like Star Wars, Alien, Blade Runner, Mad Max, and even anime like Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind and Akira are directly inspired by a small French porn comic of the 1970s by the name of Métal Hurlant.

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4gGR TIL that Gordon Ramsay challenged James May from Top Gear to eat three delicacies as a “test of a man.” The third delicacy was rotten shark, which Ramsay spat out, while May finished and responded, “You disappoint me, Ramsay.”
neBeG TIL that while the first state to pass a speed limit law happened in 1901 and limited the legal speed of motor vehicles to 12 mph in cities and 15 mph on country roads, the first motor vehicle to actually get a ticket was in a 2 mph zone.
MeLvm TIL the Resident Evil video game franchise was inspired by a conventional (as opposed to zombie) Japanese horror movie called Sweet Home