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TIL that American courts have begun citing Urban Dictionary to clarify slang terms whose meanings are important to the outcome of court cases, such as to “jack” meaning to steal

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a84N9 TIL "The Bladerunner" is a medical crime story that has absolutely nothing to do with the movie Blade Runner. The movie is based on a novel called "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" The producers just liked the name "Blade Runner" and went with it.
mgWO TIL the name “scotch tape” came about because of the stereotype of Scots being cheap and there was little adhesive on the original product
yLDv TIL that the Japanese will repair broken pottery with powder gold lacquer to highlight imperfections, not hide them. The process is called Kintsugi.
vbp4 TIL that the “&” and “and” mean different things in movie credits: two writers’ names joined with “&” means they collaborated, while “and” means they worked on the script at different times.
OpP4 TIL There was a Confederate ship that circumnavigated the world attacking Union merchant ships. It did not have a single war causality and eventually surrendered in Liverpool, England after the Civil War ended