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TIL the largest Japanese character is called Taito, consists of 84 strokes and means “the appearance of a dragon in flight”.

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46xa TIL Sidney Sheinberg wanted to change the title of Back To The Future to ‘Spaceman From Pluto’. Robert Zemeckis, horrified, asked Steven Spielberg for help, so Spielberg wrote Sheinberg a memo convincing him that they thought his title was just a joke, embarrassing him into dropping the name change.
LQxPd TIL The infamous Stanford Prison Experiment done by Philip Zambardo was entirely flawed. Zimbardo copied one of his students studies done 3 months prior, and used coercion, fear, and manipulation to get the results he wanted. This has led to many negative beliefs about human nature.
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W75eX TIL that Billy Mitchell sued Cartoon Network for infringing his likeness with the Regular Show character GBF, a giant floating head who cheats at arcade games. Mitchell's lawsuit was dismissed, in part because "when GBF loses his title, the character literally explodes, unlike Plaintiff".