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TIL that the FBI uses “scores” of disguised, low-flying surveillance planes in most major cities

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W7474 TIL that there is a piece of City of Manila (main capital of Philippines) inside City of Makati
96X6 TIL… Lead was never used in pencils. A deposit of solid natural graphite was found and presumed to be a kind of lead ore, and the name stuck.
kO1Dg TIL in 1982, Universal Studios sued Nintendo on the grounds that Donkey Kong was an exact copy of Universal-alleged owned King Kong. The judge ruled that Universal acted in bad faith by threatening Nintendo’s licensees and it had no right over King Kong due to being in public domain.
gng8 TIL all 100 nuclear reactors now operating in the U.S. were built on or before 1977
Oo5be TIL that during prodution of Toy Story 2, Pixar accidentaly deleted the entire movie from it's servers. The movie was saved by an employee, a new mother, who worked from home and had the data saved on her personal computer.