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TIL Nigeria still has 160,000 annual deaths due to AIDS, while in Swaziland more than 1 in 4 adults has it.

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16OWV TIL that the Batmobile is legally a character. When DC Comics sued a mechanic building replicas of Batman's vehicle, the courts ruled that the Batmobile has "physical as well as conceptual qualities" that make it distinctive, and is not merely a "useful article" (an ordinary car).
nLmB TIL that the most expensive domain name is vacationrentals.com, which was bought for $35 million, beating out more commonly searched domains such as sex.com, porn.com, beer.com, etc.
y04w TIL that Cast Away’s unopened FedEx box contained two bottles of salsa verde (per a deleted scene in the script)
rDpe TIL a paedophile in Thailand posted a picture of himself with a swirl effect on his face, allowing the Interpol to unswirl the image back and arrest him
GYpm7 TIL that when Aaron Sorkin was asked why Tom Cruise and Demi Moore don't sleep together in A Few Good Men, Sorkin responded: "Women have purposes other than to sleep with Tom Cruise."