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TIL the Pokémon IP has an uncommon ownership structure as it is jointly owned by three companies: Game Freak, which develops the core video games; Nintendo, which publishes said games for their consoles; and Creature, which manages the trading card game and related merchandise.

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4X0V6 TIL on July 23, 1982, a Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopter crashed at Santa Clarita, California, during the making of Twilight Zone: The Movie. The crash killed three people on the ground: actor Vic Morrow and two child actors while injuring the six helicopter passengers.
kOR41 TIL: A study conducted in Finland found that BMW and Audi drivers are the most likely to ignore traffic regulations and drive recklessly. They are also more likely to be self centered, unempathetic, and view themselves as superior. Interestingly, the connection mostly applies to men.
XEEvk TIL Duvets were only introduced to the UK via a shop King's Row, West London in May 1964. Yet today it's practically impossible to find someone who still sleeps under blankets.
D1NXJ TILL during the Night of the Long Knives, the Nazis accidentally killed a music critic called Willi Schmid, when their intended target had been someone with a similar surname. A few days after his death, Rudolf Hess visited Willi’s widow and apologised for the mistake, and offered her a pension.
nWErG TIL that when Miss Saigon premiered, the wedding song was all nonsense syllables, which were not replaced with real Vietnamese lyrics until twenty five years later