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TIL: The “gum” on the ground at Disney Parks are tracking diodes

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Z8waB TIL that Warner Bros lacked confidence in 2014's "The Lego Movie." Due to this they offered Village Roadshow Pictures the opportunity to finance 25% of the film, and later, an additional 25%.
BXnW TIL that a wanted pimp had such a sophisticated pattern lock on his android phone that the FBI was unable to crack it. They had to serve Google with a warrant to try and help them.
NXZN8 TIL That in 1974, the passage of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act allowed women to open bank accounts, apply for credit and commit to a mortgage without needing a male co-signer.
Pb5V TIL that there are only 10 modern countries that have never been (in their entirety) a colony of a European empire: Liberia, Iran, Afghanistan, Mongolia, China, North/South Korea, Japan, Thailand, and Saudi Arabia.
95kr TIL: A physicist, having been cited for not stopping at an intersection, successfully defended himself through mathematical analysis of the situation. He published a paper to the court to prove his innocence.