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TIL that Freeza is based on Japanese real estate speculators, whom Akira Toriyama considered to be “the worst kind of people.”

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dDjZE TIL that Henry Knox, namesake of Fort Knox where much of the US’ gold reserves are stored, ran a number of failed business ventures and accumulated large amounts of debt. When he died after swallowing a chicken bone, he left an estate that was bankrupt.
v1bQr TIL that on Halloween 1989, a K-Mart employee in Florida chased down a shoplifter while dressed as Batman. He had been trying his costume on for a Halloween party that night when the shoplifter struck. He recovered four cartons of cigarettes and two videocassettes.
v1xVR TIL of Eilmer of Malmesbury, an 11th century English monk who built a flying machine inspired by the myth of Daedalus. He successfully flew 200 meters off the roof of his abbey before crashing because he forgot to include a tail in the design.
4EKg TIL that investigators missed incriminating Google searches done on Casey Anthony’s computer - including “fool-proof suffication [sic]” - because they checked her Internet Explorer history but ignored Firefox.
VBAnk TIL that filmmaker James Cameron has visited the Titanic 33 times, including once when he was trapped for 16 hours due to on-board technical issues