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TIL that Australians are entitled by law to a repair/replace/refund on whatever they buy

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YyB TIL Tom Arnold’s sister used to be the biggest drug dealer in the United States. Called the “Meth Queen”
rR08M TIL: of Brooks Law - if a project is late, adding more people to it will make the project take even longer. The solution to getting the project done faster is to actually remove developers from the project
e0aJE TIL about the attempt to colonize Panama by Scotland in 1698. An utter failure, 20% of the wealth of Scotland was lost in addition to the deaths of thousands of colonists.
xVGM0 TIL that Doctor Who briefly featured Kamelion, an android who was "played" by an actual robot. Unfortunately, the writers had to kill the character off when the robot's inventor, who was the only one who knew how to control it, died in a boating accident.
696bJ TIL that during a theater play of The Passion of Christ, a man had to be taken away after he ran on stage and hit one of the roman soldiers with a motorcycle helmet in an attempt to save Jesus from being crucified.