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TIL Intellectual property law doesn’t cover magic tricks. An amazing, original trick can be stolen from a magician and there’s nothing he can do about it.

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4kmOR TIL of the Great Donor Show, a controversial reality TV show from 2007 where a terminally ill woman intended to donate a kidney to one of 25 participants. The show was staged, with the ultimate motive of increasing the amount of donors, a goal in which it succeeded. The show won an emmy
QNoL TIL Disney’s animated film “Mars Needs Moms” is the biggest box office bomb in history
p88oN TIL Japanese train drivers must point at all important signs and warnings, this shows that they have noticed it and are aware of it.
JY0yv TIL that contrary to popular belief, British people's teeth are actually on average significantly healthier than American's (and also better than most European's).
x6OOw TIL that some people are born with their internal organs mirrored horizontally across their body, known as Situs Inversus. 🫀