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TIL The Matrix defense is a legal defense based on the premise of the film franchise The Matrix. A defendant using this defense claims that they committed a crime because they believed that they were in a simulated world

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69P1w TIL that Promethium is an extremely rare metal, with only about 500–600 grams naturally occurring in the earth’s crust
kObmd TIL about Koro , a delusional disorder in which an individual has an overpowering belief that one's sex organs are retracting and will disappear, despite the lack of any true longstanding changes to the genitals.
RO17 TIL Judge Alex Kozinski dismissed Mattel’s lawsuit over the song “Barbie Girl” with the line “The parties are advised to chill.”
N5oM TIL on September 26th, 2011 Mikey Welsh posted on Twitter, “Dreamt I died in Chicago next weekend (heart attack in my sleep). Need to write my will today” followed by, “Correction - the weekend after next”. He died October 8th, 2011 from a heart attack in his sleep in a hotel room. In Chicago.
m1JwY TIL some 8th century Anglo-Saxon coins contained the words "Muhammed is the Messenger of Allah" written in Arabic, alongside the name of the king in English. This was apparently a result of imitating the aesthetics of Caliphate coins, without understanding the meaning.