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TIL Lego almost went bankrupt in the 1990s but was saved in part by the unexpected success of Bionicle.

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8aw4L TIL under U.S. federal law, if you know you're under investigation then it's illegal to delete your browser history.
JYXJQ TIL iPhones have a built in PDF maker. Simply select “Print” on anything (pictures, documents, web page, etc), then use your fingers to zoom in on the print preview, and what you see is actually a pdf that you can save, share, etc.
R59BQ TIL there exist transport aircraft without ailerons for sake of short take off and landing capabilities. Instead, the entire trailing edge is lined with flaps and maneuvering is achieved using spoilers on top of the wing. One such example is the Mitsubishi MU-2
69Ag8 TIL that mosasaurs, marine animals contemporary with dinosaurs that went extinct after Cretaceous period, are most closely related to snakes
4XQGo TIL American Humane - source for "No Animals Were Harmed" disclaimers - were not contractually required to monitor movies until after the release of the 1980 movie "Heaven's Gate". The reports of animal cruelty, including a horse blown up by dynamite, prompted the Screen Actors Guild requirement.