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TIL about window taxes, an old form of property taxes, that led some owners to brick over their windows

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mxLNp TIL why businesses stay in business after filling for bankruptcy. Apparently its creditors take over. "retailer plans to cede control to creditors"
Oodm6 TIL The Russo brothers only allowed Robert Downey Jr. to read the entire 'Avengers: Endgame' script. This was done to help make it easier to contain spoilers and leaks of plot points by having fewer eyes on the full script.
GYZZg TIL cigarette butts are a huge threat to marine life, each one contaminating 40 liters of ground water for at least 7 days, exposing over 7000 toxins in the environment and taking up to 10 years to break down.
699xJ TIL Emperor Hirohito apologised for Japan's warcrimes in WW2, which Douglas MacArthur allegedly rejected by refusing to acknowledge Hirohito's presence. Patrick Lennox Tierney, the source for the story, would call it "the rudest, crudest, most uncalled for thing I have ever witnessed in my life"
8e8Qa TIL that only 12 people ever saw the full version of a movie considered one of the greatest of all time, "Greed"