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TIL Dark Horse Comics had to cancel several titles in the 1990’s including their CGW title as the comic industry was glutted & imploded in the 1990’s. However, they were saved by Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Ghost in the Shell, Frank Miller’s Sin City & 300 !

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DQp5P TIL the casualty number estimate for Japan’s land invasion came from William Shockley a known Race Eugenicist
e0L94 TIL Thomas Midgley Jr, who helped invent leaded petrol, once poured the lead additive over his hands and inhaled its fumes to prove it was safe. He was later diagnosed with lead poisoning... for the second time.
Jnlj TIL Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi opened a Blues Brothers Bar in Chicago. It was unlicensed, and shut down by the authorities in 1982.
awweJ TIL McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) was working on the reusable rocket in the 90's
LlQr TIL the Korean military created a professional StarCraft team so their country’s top player could continue to compete while he was in the Air Force.