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TIL Doritos can be used as safe firestarter because of how flamable the cheese dust is

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ngXB TIL that even though Disney was willing to completely fund Lady in the Water, M. Night Shyamalan stormed out of their offices claiming they no longer valued individualism, because then-chairman Dick Cook didn’t understand the story. The film was later released under Warner Bros.
B8Ok TIL the Weather Channel admits to exaggerating the probability of rain. This is because if the correct low probability of precipitation is given, viewers may interpret the forecast as if there were no probability of rain, and then be upset if it does rain.
xQN1 TIL Noah Webster wanted “women” spelled like “wimmen” and “tongue” spelled like “tung”.
J1MZl TIL The U.S. Survey Foot was officially retired January 1, 2023
GYDa7 TIL in a review/comparison for the video games "Infamous" and "Prototype", Yahtzee Croshaw of Zero Punctuation ruled a tie for quality and jokingly said that a tiebreaker would involve the developers dressing up the competing game's protagonist in drag. Both development teams complied.