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TIL the American government can classify your invention as “born secret” and keep it from the public

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GYZWG TIL Gene Roddenberry wrote lyrics for the Star Trek theme, never intending for them to be used. This got him 50 percent of the royalties.
PYwRZ TIL of Beirut's Grudge House. After disputes with his brother over land inherited from their father, a man built a thin, three-storey building just to hide his brother's view of the sea.
RvRQ TIL A Sober driver was arrested for a DUI after a deputy flew through a stop sign and hit her.
yp0a TIL that in the first study to show hormonal bonding between humans and another species, it was found that staring into your dog’s eyes causes a rise in oxytocin - the same hormone that bonds human mothers to infants.
4kpQR TIL George Lucas sold Lucasfilm (Star Wars) for $4 billion to Disney in 2012, but has since earned over $10 billion from the sale.