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TIL Disney isn't legally allowed to develop Marvel attractions based on X-Men, Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, and the Avengers, and their "families" on its East Coast theme parks, nor use the Marvel name in both of its West/East Coast parks due to the 1994 contract Marvel signed with Universal Studios

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DBAj TIL that in some cities police officers were required to wear a camera in order to document their interactions with civilians. In these areas, public complaints against officers dropped by 88%
lMD5 TIL that in 1997, four years before being arrested for spying for the KGB, Robert Hanssen was caught using a password cracker on a federal computer. When asked about this, he said that he was simply trying to install a color printer, and so he needed the administrator password. They believed him.
Y6Vd TIL of a stinging tree called the Gympie Gympie. It secretes a toxin that is so painful that is has driven humans and animals to suicide. It feels like being burnt with hot acid and electrocuted simultaneously. A man shot himself after using a leaf from the tree as toilet paper.
WDw9 TIL that when German engineers were developing the MP3 file format, they used Suzanne Vega’s a capella song “Tom’s Diner” to test their creation, checking for loss of fidelity. She is now unofficially known as the “Mother of The MP3”
GYBw4 TIL Kate Bush topped the UK charts at just 19 y/o with her debut single 'Wuthering Heights', the first female artist to do so with a self-written song, and in 2016 she had 8 albums in the UK Top 40 simultaneously, the third-most for any artist, behind only Elvis and the Beatles.