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TIL Bats are not even remotely related to rodents, but are instead closer related to primates and lemurs

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v1Z1x TIL Time magazine had been naming a "Man of the Year" since 1927, but broke with tradition in 1982 to name the computer the "Machine of the Year". Ironically, the writer of the story wrote it on a typewriter, since Time's newsroom would not get computers for another year.
aRvJ TIL that the song “Barbie girl” by Aqua sparked a 5 year law suit between Mattel and the recording studio MCA Records, which the judge concluded with saying: “The parties are advised to chill.”
d7gj TIL The creator of Cowboy Bebop was told to make a show to sell spaceship toys, with the instructions, “So long as there’s a spaceship in it, you can do whatever you want.”
aKMM TIL that a tomb was built inside the U.S. Capitol for George Washington’s remains. The tomb is still accessible but not open to the public. He was instead buried at Mount Vernon by the wish of his will.
gMKYb TIL The Canadian Navy accidentally shelled the US town of Callam Bay after an exercise shooting at drone targets in 1962, they failed to take into account what was behind the targets they were shooting at. Miraculously nobody was killed.