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TIL that there is a stereotype in Japan that train photographers (toritetsu) have a tendency to engage in criminal activity

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e0KDL TIL that Robert Kearns, the inventor of intermittent windshield wipers, tried to sell his idea to the auto industry and was turned away. When they began showing up on new cars, he sued the manufacturers from the industry and won millions of dollars in settlements.
GYZQQ TIL that Fez's name in That 70's Show was in the script as F.E.S. as in "Foreign Exchange Student"
BrRmx TIL Despite having little demand for whale products, Soviet whaling fleets illegally (and secretly) killed over 180,000 whales, driving several species to the brink of extinction.
PYObe TIL that there is a submerged eighth continent called Zealandia which is located in between New Caledonia and New Zealand and is about two-thirds the size of Australia
W7yNd TIL the set for the 1989 movie "The Abyss" was constructed inside an abandoned nuclear power plant, modified to hold water. When filming wrapped, the set was just left there rather than deconstructed. It remained there until 2007 when it was finally demolished.