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TIL Marvel's near collapse led to dominance. In The 90’s they desperately sold film rights to their characters for operating capital. A few hits(Blade & X-Men) led studios to consider the comic movie viable. Failure by most caused many of the rights to return to Marvel, who created Marvel Studios.

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GYWo5 TIL that Charles Manson’s mother once sold him to a woman for a pitcher of beer and then his uncle had to find the woman to get him back
nevj9 TIL of the 1936 Nazi Board Game "Jews Out" where you move your 'Jews' outside of the city walls to 'collection points' so they can be sent to "Palestine"
wBRW TIL “Jacuzzi” is actually a brand of hot tubs, and people use it the same way Q-tips are used for cotton swabs
N7Zvb TIL Keanu Reeves was a successful ice hockey goalie which earned him the nickname “The Wall.” He dreamed of playing hockey for Canada but had to give it up because of an injury.
kOZ11 TIL standard classroom maps are based on the Mercator projection, a 16th century rendition that shows disproportionate sizes of continents, resulting in widespread misconceptions of geography.