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TIL The New York Times has continually updated the same 2009 article detailing how mass shooters got their guns and what they used

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vZER TIL that the disclaimer “No animals were harmed during the making of this film” can be put on movies, even if animals died during the production, as long as cameras weren’t rolling at the time.
P1LoZ TIL The Doobie Brothers have a touring band whose members are entirely different to the official rock band. In effect the brand owns a tribute band
Y7gJ7 TIL that LBJ constantly asked the flight crew of Air Force One to change the temperature of the cabin. Eventually, they installed a fake control knob for him to 'control' the temperature himself. The president stopped complaining.
OG4ea TIL: before the release of the 1989 film “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade”, the famous Al-Khazneh in Jordan was visited by only a few thousand tourists a year. Now, the site is filled with almost a million tourists annually, and has several shops around it relating to Indiana Jones.
J1l0v TIL that there are "black companies" in Japan infamous for their shady business practices such as unpaid overtime, verbal abuse and harassment, forcing their employees to work in weekends/holidays and not even letting them quit by threatening to sue or even discredit them at their new workplace