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TIL That Due To Canadian’s Overuse of the Word “Sorry”, Ontario Passed the “Apology Act” in 2009 Declaring that Saying “Sorry” Cannot Be Used As Evidence Of Admitting Liability/Guilt.

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KOX8a TIL Mouse's shotguns in The Matrix were working models that fired 900 rounds per minute. It used a unique cam-driven design invented by movies armorer, John Bowring.
Lkdop TIL that when helicopters kick up sand while they are spinning blades, the sand creates a static discharge from the friction of the rotor blades spinning. This generates a bright light surrounding the blades as they spin.
vmXr TIL that the Hogwarts Express from the movies is a real train in Scotland and not computer generated
rRgEW TIL, when actor Heinrich Schmieder, who in the movie “Downfall” played Hitler’s bodyguard, Oberscharführer Rochus Misch, died in 2004, the real Misch was still alive and would live nine more years
rD1e TIL of psychologist David T Lykken’s proposal that having kids should be licensed, and that being unmarried, financially unstable, and having poor health were factors against being given permission to breed.