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TIL that a rat laughs when you tickle them

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6EmRm TIL in 1975 Otrag, a West-German company, developed cheap transport rockets. The USSR became nervous, and American corporations concerned about low-cost competitors. American media came to use crude Soviet propaganda to sabotage them, making Otrag evicted from their Congolese base (more in comments)
9YLx7 TIL every live-action Star Wars Movie has been nominated for an Oscar.
4lrw TIL that in in 1914 Henry Ford published an Anti-Smoking book that was targeted at young people, years before Smoking was widely considered unhealthy.
X51E TIL In 1982 Nintendo was sued by Universal for copyright infringement of the King Kong name and plot, but Nintendo won when it was found that in 1975 Universal successfully sued RKO Pictures for the decision that King Kong be deemed Public Domain.
XRjE TIL U.S. nuclear testing in the Bikini Atoll dislocated natives to an island 1/6 its size. Each native gets $550/year as compensation.