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TIL in Rocky (1976), when the fight poster shows Rocky in the wrong color shorts, that was not intentional. The art department messed up, showing red with a white stripe instead of white with a red stripe. The budget was only around a million dollars, so they had Rocky point it out in the film.

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rKM1 TIL that Shiro Ishii, a depraved Japanese doctor that conducted countless unethical experiments on Chinese prisoners, was pardoned by the US government in exchange for his research
xVlg0 TIL that the instant noodle was invented during a period of food shortages in Japan following WWII. After the Japanese health ministry supplied the population with wheat flour and asked them to make bread, Momofuku Ando instead decided on making noodles (which were more familiar) that would last.
e0Xg4 TIL Larry Bird was once bored so he played against the Portland Trailblazers with his left hand; he finished the game with 47 points, 14 rebounds and 11 assists.
GYmZN TIL that Ohio and Michigan once went to war over Toledo
nGxo TIL Weathermen generally over-predict chances of rain, maximizing viewer happiness by increasing their precautions to not get wet. This is called “The Wet Bias”.