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TIL as of 2023 the Shrek franchise has grossed over $4 billion

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ADXVw TIL because American textbooks are sold at a lower price in Thailand, somebody was reselling them in the US and making enough of a profit to get sued by the publishers, the Supreme Court ultimately ruled against the publishers because the "first sale" doctrine applies everywhere, not just the US
nM7B TIL that one of the dangers of working in a tryworks (a furnace in the whaling industry) is that a rotting pregnant whale could fill with gas and burst, ejecting a fetus the size of a motor vehicle with sufficient force to kill a man
8er7G TIL sharks existed before trees
gMN09 TIL that a “thing” was a term used to describe a governing assembly in medieval Saxon and Viking cultures. A thing was presided over by law speakers, and free members of the community were called to attend.
6QyW TIL there have been no recorded human deaths due to a meteorite fall.