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TIL barcode scanners scan the white bars not the black ones

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ALyd TIL George Lucas paid a fine and resigned from the DGA after they had told him to stick to conventional opening credits for “Star Wars” (1977)
Z8G5o TIL the cats movie (the one with terrifying monsters) originally had the cats have buttholes. The VFX artists worked like hell to get rid of the buttholes.
7rLEL TIL that chronic hiccups (lasting 2 days to a month) are a thing
7r7L TIL Raccoons can figure out how to open several complex locks in less than 10 tries, and they can remember solutions to tasks for up to 3 years.
gr65W TIL the parasitic wasp Habrobracon can cope with over 180 times of a Human’s lethal radiation exposure. While a Cockroach can survive 6 to 15 times the lethal dose for Human’s.