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TIL Namco copyrighted the right to have mini games during a video games loading screen. This patent expires this year (2015)

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nexdr TIL that one air crash, Delta Flight 1141, was caused by the pilots talking about another air crash, Continental Flight 1713. They were so distracted by their own conversation they forgot to lower the flaps. The other air crash they were talking about also involved too much non-relevant discussion
ENLx TIL that the Baby Boomers were nicknamed the “Me Generation” due to their perceived narcissism.
D1ewJ TIL the reason why Cashews are sold without shells is the shells are poisonous. The Cashew tree is in the same family of plants as Poison Ivy. Eating the shell would cause a similar reaction to eating a Poison Ivy plant.
8a7X TIL. There exists a Mohawk settlement on land reclaimed, by force, from the United States.
PByJ TIL international flights carrying the Pope use the callsign “Shepherd One”