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TIL The Inuit people of northern Greenland had many metal knives and tools despite having no mines or smelting: they used enormous iron meteorites for their metal which American explorer Robert E. Peary ultimately stole.

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6RWl TIL the movie “Misery” is the only film adaptation of Stephen King’s work to have ever won an oscar
ZpedD TIL that in 2012, a group of British students edited the Wikpedia article about electric toasters and inserted the false claim that a man named Alan MacMasters invented the toaster in 1893. The fake article was cited by newspapers and other organizations until the hoax was exposed in July 2022.
gMXBL TIL that during WWI in Germany, horses were considered army reservists; owners had to register them regularly, and the army kept detailed records on the locations of all horses. In the first weeks of the war, the German army mobilized 715,000 horses.
X51E TIL In 1982 Nintendo was sued by Universal for copyright infringement of the King Kong name and plot, but Nintendo won when it was found that in 1975 Universal successfully sued RKO Pictures for the decision that King Kong be deemed Public Domain.
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