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TIL Iona Morris was replaced as Storm in X-Men:The Animated Series because she would have been owed residuals otherwise

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D1w8V TIL the most fuel-efficient vehicle in the history of the world is currently a car that gets the equivalent of 14,573 miles per gallon and could drive to any point on the globe using the energy in one gallon of gas.
R7Qxw TIL That the camera company Kodak created the world's first digital camera in 1975 but chose not to produce any digital products for FIFTEEN YEARS, because they were worried that it might eat into their sales of analog film. By that point the market was crowded and they never recovered.
X4gE TIL that phrases that use two synonyms to say the same thing (e.g. “will and testament”) are called “legal doublets,” and they exist because during Medieval times, English speakers spoke both French and Latin, but not typically both, and lawyers wanted to avoid ambiguity.
16A1O TIL about the Castle Bravo nuclear test in the Marshall Islands. The explosion was twice as big as expected, causing radiation burns and sickness to residents of nearby islands. They never received compensation by the US government.
JPB4 TIL that Bob Odenkirk, best known for playing Saul Goodman on Breaking Bad, was originally cast to play Michael Scott from the Office, but last minute schedule changes resulted with Steve Carell getting the role