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TIL oscar-nominated 2021 movie 'Don't Look Up' allegedly ripped off a self-published novel 'Stanley's Comet' by William Collier. The novel has almost the exact same plot and even uses the phrase "Don't look" in a similar way. However, in 2024 the copyright lawsuit was dismissed

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Bw4k TIL that for 19 years, the German city of Hamburg maintained an anti-Scientology task force. Its activities included convincing local banks and realtors to deny business to Scientologist groups.
rNDe TIL that in 1994 there was a mass genocide where over 1,000,000 people were murdered in 100 days and the worlds leaders knew and did nothing.
wLWaY TIL about Brainport, a technology that allows blind people to SEE using their tongue. The image picked by the camera is processed by a chip which converts it to electro-tactile impulses, sent to the brain through an electrode attached to the tongue
J1LlQ TIL 2024 is the year the US Dept of Health and Human Services banned hospitals from performing non-consensual breast, pelvic, prostate, and rectal exams for “educational and training purposes” by medical students and practitioners on patients under anesthesia.
16r7X TIL that Charcoal toothpaste whitens your teeth by sanding off your outer enamel