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TIL Some insect wings have developed textures which physically shred bacteria to pieces

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OD17 TIL the NFL, a non-profit organization generates $9 billion in revenue and expects to triple that amount by 2027 all while getting taxpayers to fund 68% of stadium construction costs since 1923 and pays $30 million a year to its CEO
OG4e TIL Disneyland receives free coca-cola products in return of not selling any other competitors. So each sale is 100% profit.
R7D5Q TIL of Brandolini's Law which says that bullshit claims require an entire order of magnitude more effort to refute than that which produced them.
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Kj7R TIL John Hughes often wrote his scripts (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, The Breakfast Club) to take place over a single day so that there’s few if any costume changes so he can have freedom in the editing process