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TIL Nikon camera brand belongs to Mitsubishi

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X9NX TIL The Duke of Edinburgh warned Princess Diana If you don’t behave, my girl, we’ll take your title away.“ to which she replied "My title is a lot older than yours, Philip”.
XQnQ TIL Steven Spielberg spent $250,000 of his own money in a campaign to see Bill Murray win an Oscar for his role in “What About Bob?”
rRQwd TIL of the Ombalantu Baobab Tree. A tree so large that’s there’s a door in the trunk and 35 people can fit inside. It has served as a chapel, post office, house, and hiding spot during its history in Namibia.
dDmd9 TIL that in 1986 a fan in the upper deck at Yankee Stadium threw a knife that grazed Angels first-basemen Wally Joyner.
wLWp8 TIL that the classic movie portrayal of a crowded asteroid belt where the asteroids are only metres apart is inaccurate. In reality the average distance between asteroids is around 965,000 km (600,000 miles) and if you were to fly through it, a collision would be unlikely.