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TIL USA firms profited by selling contaminated blood to UK
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TIL that It’s A Wonderful Life was a box office flop that caused the sale of its production company. It only became popular after the copyright holders forgot to file for a renewal and TV stations could play it all day and night without paying for it.
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TIL when actor Ving Rhames won a Golden Globe in 1998, he called fellow nominee Jack Lemmon to the stage and gave him the award, saying, "I feel like being an artist is about giving, and I'd like to give this to you, Mr. Jack Lemmon."
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TIL there is an adapter for a computer mouse to help people who have hand tremors use computers more easily.
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TIL in Thailand it’s the year 2556 - the official calendar is always 543 years ahead of the rest of the world.
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TIL Males of the brazilian bee species Eufriesea purpurata are attracted to and collect the insecticide DDT, seemingly without any adverse effects. After DDT was used to cull mosquito populations in villages, the bees became a plague on the local indigenous people