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TIL about the Operation Flicker - Child Porn investigation at the Pentagon.

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0d6mp TIL that footage from an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm was used as evidence to exonerate a man who was accused of murder.
OXjL TIL John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died on July 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
JYv51 TIL The worlds biggest shopping mall (The Dubai Mall ) has over 1200 stores, is 10 million square feet and has access to the worlds tallest building (Burj Khalifa).
wX88 TIL that the rights to Peter Pan are owned by Great Ormond Street Hospital and that it is one of very few novels to have had its copyright extended due to the amount of funding it provides the hospital
LkZ4r TIL that the first character on screen in Super Mario 64 is Lakitu, Mario's camera operator. Because the 1996 game was the first in the series to have 3D gameplay, the developers needed to teach players that they were controlling both Mario AND the camera.