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TIL Patrick Stewart largely changed the way people pronounce the word "data"

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awARJ TIL in Switzerland it is forbidden to have only 1 guinea pig, rabbit or parakeet, you must have at least 2, cause they are social animals and they would suffer, if they lived alone.
BgOjL TIL that the dye used in pathology labs to stain cells, Eosin, was based on a pigment found in the campeche tree in Mexico. The red dye was used by Indigenous Americans to dye their textiles for centuries before European arrival; the idea was stolen and taken back to Europe in the 1500s.
KOajQ TIL Steven Spielberg created the Medal of Honor video game franchise. The first title was released in 1999, a year after Saving Private Ryan. Most of the games in the franchise were set during WWII.
ekwL TIL In 2000 Sony invented a movie critic by the name of David Manning and used his fictional quotes to promote movies. Sony ended up paying over $1.5m to moviegoers in a class action lawsuit and over $300,000 to the state of Connecticut where Manning supposedly worked at a small weekly paper.
M7PjB TIL: John Wick's nickname "Baba Yaga" doesn't make any sense as Baba Yaga is an old woman living in the woods that kidnaps and kills children. Baba Yaga in not a "Boogeyman". The correct nickname would be "Babayka" - a creature of the night that haunts streets and lingers outside houses.