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TIL that if Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now" was unable to be used, the pub fight scene in "Shaun Of The Dead" would have been set to Boney M's "Rasputin"

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OGPd6 TIL that after the video game crash of 1983, it was rumored Atari dumped hundreds of thousands of games, including E.T., at a landfill, leading to a 30-year-long urban legend until their discovery in 2014
4dAo TIL Hugh Jackman walked around Comic Con wearing his full Wolverine costume, and nobody noticed.
ANXk7 TIL bleach has a shelf life with the effectiveness decreasing after just 6 months and eventually degrades into salt water
nW7Pr TIL the devastating 1755 Lisbon earthquake caused king Joseph I to develop severe claustrophobia and he refused to live inside a walled building. His court instead ruled from a series of tents.
Eg150 In September 2021 Canada required that all new vehicles sold there have one of the following: 1) tail lights that come on with daytime running lights, 2) headlights, tail lights, and side marker lights that turn on automatically in the dark, 3) a dashboard that stays dark to alert the driver