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TIL about The returning soldier effect. It is a phenomenon which suggests that more boys are born during and immediately after wars.

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R7aPw TIL Producer Ralph Bakshi pitched "Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures" to CBS by claiming that he owned the rights to Mighty Mouse. CBS actually already owned the rights for 32 years and forgotten about it. CBS purchased the show from Bakshi.
KkDG TIL the director of ‘Warcraft’ is David Bowie’s son.
eG1L TIL that Japan still has populated colonies of elderly leprosy patients, and forced segregation of those afflicted with leprosy was not declared unconstitutional until 2001.
1aD7d TIL there is a restaurant in tiny Union CT that gives books away to every person that dines there.
8eL4V TIL The Andromeda galaxy is approaching us at 250,000 miles per hour ( 402,000 km/h).