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TIL That Red Granite Pictures the production company behind “The Wolf of Wall Street” and “Daddy’s Home” reached a 60 million dollar settlement with the US government over a 4.5 billion Malaysian government corruption case

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8agmV TIL Street Fighter's boxer Balrog was originally named Mike Bison (a parody of Mike Tyson), but Capcom was concerned they could get sued. The name was shortened and given instead to the final boss, who became M. Bison.
b9E7Q TIL Walter P. Chrysler created two car brands, DeSoto and Fargo, to intimidate the owners of Dodge into selling the company to Chrysler by creating new competition for them.
4knNb TIL that in the 1980s, General Motors experimented with a coal-powered car, as an attempt to diversify fuel sources during an era of oil crises.
vm5R TIL In 1990 Japanese schoolgirl died because a teacher slammed a gate into her head because the gate had to be closed exactly at 8:30 and she was late.
16peW TIL about Viganella, the Italian Village that Brought the Sun Down to the Valley