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TIL Kenwood Limited (red K) and Kenwood Electronics/Corporation (red dot on W) are to different companies who make different products

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D1pyp TIL Scientists found cancer in a 1.7 million year old foot bone and a 2 million year old spine from two ancient hominin specimens in South Africa. Before these finds, the oldest dated cancer in a human was only 120,000 years old.
4k8kJ TIL that Quentin Tarantino wanted to make a Godzilla film of his own titled "Living Under the Rule of Godzilla".
JY16Q Today I learned the area code for Cape Canaveral in Florida is 321 to mimic the countdown sequence of space craft launches.
WkDyY TIL Earth has a planetary protection officer, who is responsible for keeping invasive extraterrestrial species at bay
awM7b TIL that the Hays code had a rule only allowing kissing to go on for 3 seconds in movies. Alfred Hitchcock got around this rule for his 1946 film, Notorious, by two actors break off every three seconds. The whole sequence lasts two and a half minutes.