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TIL that Pixar had to ask for permission to use the Omnidroid name as Lucasfilm has a trademark on the word "droid".

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QNN6p TIL the deadliest weather event in Canadian history was not a storm or natural disaster, but a heat wave in June 2021 that killed 570 people
D9Le TIL that during the first Gulf War, the Iraqi military would dispense propaganda pamphlets and radio spots aimed at US soldiers that said that while they were in Iraq fighting “their wives were in bed with Tom Cruise, Bruce Willis, and Bart Simpson” back at home…
v1RRK TIL that salted butter can be left out of the fridge indefinitely... the salt soaks up the moisture in the butter that would otherwise be a breeding ground for bacteria
oRR6E TIL Drake tried to have his character rewritten and healed to be removed from the wheelchair, but backed off when the writer of Degrassi confronted him.
woEl8 TIL that the first political assassination in Roman history took place in 133 B.C when tribune Tiberius Gracchus tried to redistribute land to the poor, and was promptly beaten to death with wooden chairs by the Senate