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TIL The Star Wars prequels used computer animation to create legions of Clone Troopers

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N7NbP TIL that residential dishwashers have a filter that needs to be cleaned. I don’t know how this escaped me until now...especially considering that I’ve cleaned many a commercial dishwasher filter.
ep7k TIL The US’s teen pregnancy rate is not only the highest in the world, but also 16 times higher then the country directly below it (Poland).
P1gZJ TIL that stock dilution is the decrease in existing shareholders' ownership percentage of a company as a result of the company issuing new equity. New equity increases the total shares outstanding which has a dilutive effect on the ownership percentage of existing shareholders.
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