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Today I learned that in America you have to pay for the ambulance in some situations

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pYYPO TIL in 1997 scientists successfully turned light into matter and antimatter
8Db4 TIL: On the map for the Animaniacs song “Yakko’s World” where he names every country, Tibet does not appear on the map. But when he names it and points to where it would be in China, it lights up (skip to 1:15 to see it)
v1kvR TIL the main reason as of why the modernPpaper Mario series seem to avoid their classic rpg design from the first games is because Shigeru Miyamoto doesn't want the developers of the series to "stagnate" on the classic rpg mechanics.
LkGg9 TIL towards the end of filming the first Harry Potter film, Daniel Radcliffe's voice broke. For the final filmed scenes, a "soundalike" child actor, Joe Sowerbutts, was recruited to overdub his lines in post-production.
mjdv TIL Tim Schafer, during his Lucasfilm phone interview, said he loved their game “Ball Blaster”, which was the name of the pirated version of the game “Ball Blazer”. To make up for it, he sent his cover letter in the form of a semi-graphic adventure and got the job.