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TIL Stephen Colbert exists in the Marvel Universe. He ran for president and he helped Spider-Man defeat a villain

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466X TIL cats drink by creating a water column, not scooping with their tongue.
awDkA TIL John Lasseter was dismissed from Disney for promoting computer animation. He joined the Graphics Group (now Pixar), Lucasfilm. Steve Jobs acquired GP for $10 mln and invested his savings into Toy Story. In 1995, it became the year’s highest-grossing film with the box office of $373.6 mln.
yQLKM TIL of N-rays, a new form of radiation described by French physicist Prosper-René Blondlot in 1903, sparking the publication of hundreds of scientific articles. Failing to detect them himself, physicist Robert Wood later found them to be illusionary after sabotaging a experiment by Blondlot himself.
woDLJ TIL the Trebuchet was the superior siege engine due to its unmatched power, accuracy, and flexibility. Its ability to launch massive projectiles at varying ranges and rates made castle walls nearly pointless.
WkaY8 TIL “Infantry” sounds like “infant” as typically in ancient times an army’s infantry consisted of soldiers too young or too inexperienced to ride a horse and be part of the cavalry.