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TIL: The Pizza Principle says the price of pizza will always match the cost of a New York subway fare

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pMKp TIL the original Tron movie (1982) was disqualified from receiving an Academy Award nomination for special effects, because the Academy felt at the time that using computers was “cheating”
oR4ao TIL The odds of being attacked by a great white shark are about 1 in 11.5 million, which are much lower than the odds of being struck by lightning.
MRyK TIL that according to English law, the “Right to light” states that the owner of a building with windows that have received natural daylight for 20 years or more is entitled to forbid any construction or other obstruction that would deprive him or her of that illumination.
ADew7 TIL that Christiaan Barnard performed the world’s first human-to-human heart transplant operation. He retired after developing rheumatoid arthritis in his hands which ended his surgical career.
W51X TIL Ancient Rome was eight times more densely populated than modern New York.