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TIL all "warranty void if removed" stickers are illegal in the US since 1975

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y1vv TIL of the Rule of 3’s regarding the human body’s basic needs: You will die if you go without oxygen for 3 minutes, water for 3 days, or food for 3 weeks - though there are exceptions to this rule.
oBDQY TIL Back in 1985 Nintendo sued Magnavox, the company who made the first video game console, and tried to invalidate their patents
eOKE TIL that many Jewish families arrested during the Holocaust have been commemorated with gold bricks in the streets memorializing where lived. As of August 20, 2014, there have been laid over 48,000 Stolpersteine in 18 countries in Europe, making the project the world’s largest memorial.
Z8ZA4 TIL 20 first responders performed CPR on a dying man for more than an hour and a half until paramedics arrived. He survived.
Z8YoQ TIL when "Batman" TV show of the 60s was canceled by ABC after 3 seasons, it was on the verge of being rescued by NBC for a fourth season but it was discovered that the sets of the TV show were already destroyed. NBC rescinded the offer not wanting to spend hundreds of thousands building the set.