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TIL Humans have an instinctual biochemical reaction to baby features in animals - big eyes, proportionately big heads, etc. - that produces maternalistic emotions. Disney has exploited this instinct in every movie.

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Oon67 TIL Progressive once hired a lawyer to defend a driver who killed their customer in an attempt to avoid paying out liability coverage.
M7QPW TIL that Warren Beatty was interviewed in character as Dick Tracy in a 2008 TV special that aired once on TCM. In the show, the Tracy character was interviewed about Beatty's 1990 movie, "Dick Tracy." Beatty made the special to retain sequel rights to the character. He still hasn't made the sequel.
p8BOG TIL that Unsolved Mysteries' host Robert Stack was often skeptical of the paranormal stories that the show covered. While recording narration for the show's segments, he would occasionally turn to his producer and exclaim "come on, Raymond!"
8eMp4 TIL about the unique tattoos designs the native Japanese people used to have
e04Yn TIL in the 2002 Xbox game Steel Battalion, if your mech takes too much damage, the player needs to eject when prompted. If they don't, his character will die, and the game deletes their saved data, making them start from the beginning.