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TIL that Harry Potter has a striking similarity to Neil Gaiman’s Books of Magic which precedes it by nearly a decade but there have been no lawsuits since both are owned by Warner Bros.

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9YjjQ TIL about the Babbs Switch Fire, which killed 35 people attending a party on Christmas Eve when “Santa” knocked a candle off of the tree. New renovations to the building trapped people inside, which led to updated fire codes throughout Oklahoma.
mxWR TIL that scientists believe the person who will live to be 150 years old in the future.. has already been born.
vPNmD TIL that animal snare traps are fully banned in some states
dDEaj TIL that AllTrials calls for all past and present clinical trials to be registered and their full methods and summary results be reported
0w8AM TIL that a guy called Dale Schroeder used his life savings to send 33 students to college. he grew up poor in Iowa, never married, had no children, and worked as a carpenter at the same company for 67 years and only owned 2 jeans.