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n5Vo TIL in the Marvel Universe the cleanup from major battles is handled by Damage Control, a joint venture of Tony Stark and the Kingpin. They even had their own series in the late 80’s.
mEWv TIL the scientific name of Llamas is ‘Lama Glama’
5nKR TIL Sir Walter Raleigh, in his will, left 10 lbs. of tobacco and 2 pipes to each Londoner that attended his funeral, but they had to smoke through the duration of the service in order to receive the benefits of the will.
R7Qxw TIL That the camera company Kodak created the world's first digital camera in 1975 but chose not to produce any digital products for FIFTEEN YEARS, because they were worried that it might eat into their sales of analog film. By that point the market was crowded and they never recovered.
jN9gn TIL 42-yr-old Zamboni driver David Ayres was called in as the 2nd emergency goalie for the Carolina Hurricanes. He allowed 2 goals right away; but after a teammate told him "We don't care how many goals you let in, let's just have fun," Ayres then made 8 saves for 6 - 3 victory over the Maple Leafs.