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TIL that historically an 'outlaw' was someone who was no longer protected by the law as punishment for a crime, allowing members of the public to legally persecute them at will

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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.
Z8Mbo TIL children develop stronger bonds and derive more satisfaction from relationships with their pets than with their siblings, more so if the pets are dogs.
P1E1E TIL that Sony ran a poster campaign for the PSP at a Manchester tram platform that said "Take a running jump here" and had to remove it due to concerns it might encourage suicide
JYVXV TIL that the word “rays” has the most homonyms, being one of seven words pronounced the same but spelled differently
DaJP TIL Bill Murray once got lost in the jungles of Bali on a motorbike. He was later found putting on an impromptu show with all of the locals of a small village in attendance, even though he didn’t speak Balinese.