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TIL that Salami Slicing or ‘Penny Shaving’ as seen in ‘Hackers’ (1995) and ‘Office Space’ (1999) is a legit fraud technique seen in the real world.

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eR54 TIL that in 2008 the NHL banned Detroit Zamboni drivers from twirling octopuses over their heads. The ban was later relaxed to allow for some twirling.
mxA8P TIL the football huddle originated at Gallaudet University, a school for the deaf, when the team noticed their opponents were trying to read their signs in order to guess their plays.
86dX TIL that if humans had eagles’ eyes, we could see an ant on the ground from the roof of a 10-story building. You would also have brilliant color vision, UV vision, and an almost 360 degree range of view.
xVdgo TIL that in 2002 Pamela Anderson contracted Hepatitis C by sharing tattoo needles with Tommy Lee and was told she would only have 10 years left to live. She was cured of the disease in 2015.
m1l4o TIL the Disney/Pixar film Cars have been accused of plagiarizing the plot of Doc Hollywood which stars Michael J. Fox as a hotshot young doctor who eventually acquires an appreciation for small town values and falls in love with a local law student as result of being sentenced to work at the town.