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TIL Fox 'Stole' a Game Clip from YouTube, Used it in Family Guy and filed a copyright claim for the Original to be taken down

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w0N8 TIL the Nazi’s used special buses that had their exhaust fed into the passenger compartment where they transported mentally disabled people in order to kill them.
Jrg1 TIL A Chinese mathematical genius who had won a gold medal in the International Maths Olympiad denied a full Scholarship to MIT, and chose to become a monk in a Buddhist Monastery
rJP4 TIL the “Loony Gas Building” was the name given to an old Standard Oil plant in 1924 after every single man who worked there was hospitalized for insanity… 5 of which died. The plant was manufacturing a new, breakthrough product: leaded gasoline additive.
xVnxb TIL of Botrytized Wines, known for their sweetness. They gain the character from being made from moldy grapes infected by a specific fungus. The rotten skin increase water evaporation and highetens the sugar concentration.
VMvL0 TIL that Hayao Miyazaki, producer of the Studio Ghibli, used to be able to produce 10 minutes of animation per month. He can now only produce 1 minute per month, largely due to his age.