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TIL: Printer ink costs over seven times more than Dom Perignon vintage champagne per millilitre.

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69A98 TIL the name of the video game "Doom" (1993) comes from a quote said by Tom Cruise's character in the film "The Color of Money" (1987). The quote in question is "What you got in there? / In here? Doom.".
R7Gx6 TIL that a pizza delivery man was arrested on the charge of possession of child pornography but was freed when Lupe Fuentes showed up in court and proved that she was 19 when she made the movie that the man had purchased.
9YeaD TIL that Orville Wright (August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948) , the aviation pioneer who, along with his brother Wilbur, invented, built and flew the first motor operated airplane lived long enough to see Chuck Yeager break the speed of sound (October 14, 1947). Imagine that!
xVxPg TIL that Marlon Brando was once sued for $40,000 for punching a paparazzi photographer in the face, breaking his jaw and knocking out five of his teeth. Undaunted, the same photographer later tried to photograph Brando again, but wore a football helmet to protect himself.
5Yywn TIL that there is a turle, named Hope, who was born with an exposed heart. Her case is very unique and has never been seen in a turtle before.