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TIL Mythbusters were not allowed to make an episode about how trackable and hackable RFID chips are due to credit card companies threatening to pull advertisement from Discovery.

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b9Jpa TIL that Don Rickles passed away before he was able to record any dialogue for Toy Story 4. Rather than replacing him, Disney reviewed 25 years of material from the first three films, video games, and other media; they were able to assemble enough dialogue to cover the entire film.
AGL7 TIL In 526 there was a worldwide dust cloud that blocked out the sun for an entire year. It resulted in widespread famine and disease. More than 80% of Scandinavia and China starved to death, 30% of Europe died and empires fell. The cause is unknown.
Qmv9 TIL: That the dewey decimal system, used to classify and order books in libraries, has one for Extraterrestrial History: 999. Aparently the guy who made this system in the 1800s was already prepared for an interplanetary/interstellar future for humanity
xVga1 TIL FDR's first vice-president said the vice-presidency "isn't worth a pitcher of warm piss." His second VP, Harry Truman, said it was as "useful as a cow's fifth teat."
9wVVr TIL some people actually survived their executions and in some cases were given a reprieve.