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TIL Once hailed as the future of television, 3D TV's have not been produced by any manufacturer since 2016. 3D TV is dead.

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7rvmZ TIL writing down a complex password on paper is significantly better than repeating a non-complex one stored on PC. The likelihood of the paper getting stolen or compromised is WAY less than the PC one via malware, hacking etc.
p8P6p TIL The French government bombed and sunk a Greenpeace ship while it was harboured at Auckland, New Zealand. A photographer was killed, and two French agents were apprehended.
4Xy95 TIL that COLLABORATIONISM does not carry the same positive connotation as its root word. It instead refers to the carrying out an act of treason; most commonly applicable to WW-II
JY8o1 TIL that Photorhabdus luminescens, a bioluminescent bacterium, reportedly infected the wounds of some American Civil War soldiers. This both caused the wounds to glow and helped the soldiers to survive due to antibiotics made by the bacterium. This phenomenon was named "Angel's Glow".
XEk1r TIL Mars (the owner of M&M’s) rejected a product placement deal in a film (E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial) about a boy who befriends an alien by luring him with candy, but Reese’s Pieces ( owned by Hershey’s) took a shot and and sales shot up 65% in the first two weeks after the movie hit the theaters.