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TIL Between 1985 and 1998, a water ride attraction at West Edmonton Shopping Mall had more submarines than the entire Canadian Navy

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8aVv4 TIL Beavis and Butthead was blamed for the death of a 2-year-old, after her 5-year-old brother set fire to their mobile home. The mother said he had watched one of the fire-related segments before starting the fire, but their neighbours said they didn't have cable TV so couldn't have seen the show.
GAenE TIL Boston Dynamics was acquired by Hyundai Motor Group in 2020. In 2022 the company signed a pledge saying it would not weaponise any of its robots.
ndmW TIL PCWorld rated the ZIP drive as the 15th worst technology product of all time in 2006, but then rated it as the 23rd best technology product in 2007
9YQY6 TIL that in Austria, Belgium, Germany and Mexico that it is not against the law to escape from prison. They believe that it is human nature to want to be free. Although, you can be punished for laws broken during your escape.
d4PQ TIL the original TRON movie didn’t win an academy award for best special effects because the academy said they “cheated” by using computers.