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TIL about an NFL and Marvel Collaboration called SuperPro that lasted 13 issues and often listed as one of the worst comics ever released.

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1RLD TIL Bram Stoker’s widow won a copyright lawsuit against the makers of the German classic film “Nosferatu.” Though the courts ordered all copies of the film burned, one survived hidden and was copied and disseminated making “Nosferatu” the first cult movie.
QJYJM TIL James Cameron sold the rights to his screen play "The Terminator" for $1 on the condition that he would be the director.
gwnX TIL Supreme Court found random drug checkpoints unconstitutional in 2000. Since then, police have gotten into the habit of putting signs up warning drivers of upcoming drug checkpoints, and then detaining and searching drivers who make illegal u-turns.
ZlgD TIL the steel used in the US to make structural beams, plates and reinforcing bars is nearly 100% recycled. Employing 1 metric ton (1000kgs) of recycled steel saves the need for the extraction and use of 1.1 metric tons of iron ore, 630 kilograms of coal, and 55 kilograms of limestone.
VBEKk TIL Cats Can Have Right or Left Paw Preference Similar to How Humans are Left-Handed or Right-Handed