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TIL the music in the compulsory anti-piracy ad on DVDs was illegally used

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exX4 TIL X-Men’s Cyclops is a disabled mutant and that his early origin explains that he can’t control his eye beams because he fell out of a plane as a child and suffered brain damage.
YplgB TIL from 2003-2009 there was a wild wolf named Romeo who befriended the people and dogs of Juneau AK.
4kyxb TIL the 2022 Ignobel prize in economics went to a bunch of Mathematicians who proved, mathematically, that luck matters more than talent to achieve success
EgPv7 TIL Dragonflies catch their prey 95% of the time, making them the most successful predators in the animal kingdom.
epa05 TIL that the Chevy Bolt has a 65kwh battery. This is equivalent to 2 gallons of gasoline at 35kwh per gallon. This shows the great energy density of gasoline and the incredible efficiency of electric motors. An electric car can go 300 miles while an ICE car can only go roughly 60 miles.