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TIL Sony has a patent on making viewers yell product names out loud to end TV ads

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Jxy4 TIL Kurt Russel directed Tombstone, but didn’t want to be listed as the director. Of the two listed directors, one was fired very early in the production and the second was a “ghost director”.
PYBme TIL that Yamato, the largest battleship in history at 863 feet in length, was so big that she had forward- and aft-pointing arrows painted in the interior so sailors don't get lost
kJrR5 TIL of Emperor Pedro II, the last monarch of Brazil. He reigned 58 years, during which he championed civil rights, promoted education and science, won 3 wars, and abolished slavery. He allowed an unpopular coup d'etat against himself because he was tired of being emperor.
QNDWk Today I learned that Steven Spielberg’s daughter is an adult film star.
vgYB TIL that the village of Badbea in Scotland was so windy children and animals had to be tied to posts or rocks to stop them being blown away.