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TIL that 2 men tried to sue Universal Studios for $5m over false advertisement, after they paid $3.99 each to watch the film "Yesterday", only to discover that Ana De Armas, who appeared in the trailer, wasn't in the film

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D1JaJ TIL of the Caretaker, an artist who made eerie, disorienting music that emulates dementia and memory loss. His work, "Everywhere at the End of Time" shows the progression of a "slow death of a soul" through 6 stages.
p8ePZ TIL that the flags planted on the moon (Apollo 11) were purchased by a NASA secretary who went to Sears and bought off-the-shelf nylon flags for $5.50 USD (1969). These flags are still “flying” and held aloft by their poles.
eW4L TIL that in order to evade internet censorship in China, people used to refer to the events that took place at Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989 as “May 35th”, among many other alternative names
E1kAw TIL that a Game Boy survived the fire caused by bombing in the gulf war
GY67Q Today I learned about The morning brew and how it can make your mornings a little better and more interesting.