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TIL Reading the Privacy Policies You Encounter in a Year Would Take 76 Work Days

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yQJWJ TIL the original comic book Superman couldn't fly but only leap tall buildings. It wasn't until the 1940s, when animators for a new animated series decided it would be too difficult to routinely draw him bending his knees, that it was decided that Superman could take off into the air.
BmLk TIL: Jacques Cousteau described the oceanic whitetip as “the most dangerous of all sharks.” The oceanic whitetip is suspected to be responsible for many fatal shark bites on humans, as a result of predation on survivors of shipwrecks or downed aircraft.
p8Zjp TIL thioacetone, one of the worst smelling compounds known to man, can make people vomit and pass out within a mile range due to its extremely unpleasant odor
GYLpg TIL that the Pinkerton Detective Agency still exists and filed a law suit against the makers of Red Dead Redemption 2 for the use of their name and logo in the game.
wLaXW TIL that spaghetto is the singular version of spaghetti. Gnoccho is for gnocchi, fettuccino is for fettuccini, and raviolo is for ravioli. Also the e at the end of calzone isn’t silent.