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TIL "adrenalin" is a protected trademark owned by Endo International (en.wikipedia.org)

The following three lists of generic and genericized trademarks are:...

TIL the score for Grosse Pointe Blank was composed by Joe Strummer of The Clash (en.wikipedia.org)

The film’s score was composed by Joe Strummer, former member of the punk rock band the Clash; the film’s soundtrack contains a number of popular and alternative punk rock, skaand new wave songs.

Diwan 2, Rachid Taha (en.wikipedia.org)

I’d almost forgotten about this album, rediscovered it today, and fuck I love the vibe and energy.

TIL about Aviation biofuel (en.wikipedia.org)

Biofuels are biomass-derived fuels from plants, animals, or waste; depending on which type of biomass is used, they could lower CO2 emissions by 20–98% compared to conventional jet fuel.[4] The first test flight using blended biofuel was in 2008, and in 2011, blended fuels with 50% biofuels were allowed on commercial flights....

emotivist trump bot? (en.wikipedia.org)

a possible explanation for the “I HATE _” spam play

TIL of the continent "Zealandia", a large, mostly submerged continent in the Pacific Ocean which New Zealand is a part of. (en.wikipedia.org)

TIL about the 2018 Samsung fat-finger error, in which an employee of Samsung Securities mistakenly distributed shares worth US$100 billion to employees. (en.wikipedia.org)

Boy, I sure hope somebody got fired for that blunder…Oh…yikes

RIP Tito! Toriano Adaryll "Tito" Jackson (October 15, 1953 – September 15, 2024) (en.wikipedia.org)

TIL: Greenday had a spinoff band back in 2007-09, called Foxboro Hottubs that played garage rock, rock, rock and roll and punk music. (en.wikipedia.org)

TIL that climbing the full height of Everest means starting at sea level (en.wikipedia.org)

Climbers typically ascend only part of Mount Everest’s elevation, as the mountain’s full elevation is measured from the geoid, which approximates sea level. The closest sea to Mount Everest’s summit is the Bay of Bengal, almost 700 km (430 mi) away. So to approximate a climb of the entire height of Mount Everest, one would...

TIL: YouTuber Scott Manley has an asteroid/minor planet named after him: 33434 Scottmanley (en.wikipedia.org)

TIL there was an attempted coup of Montenegro in 2016 to prevent it from joining NATO (en.wikipedia.org)

It is believed that the plot was designed as a last-ditch attempt by the Montenegrin pro-Serbian and pro-Russian opposition to prevent Montenegro’s accession to NATO,[5] a move stridently opposed by Russia’s government that had issued direct threats to Montenegro concerning such eventuality.[6][7][8][9][10] This theory was...

TIL Black Americans were developing the Afro-Futurism/Black Sci-Fi genre of literature as early as the mid-19th century. Titles such as 'Blake' (1859), 'Iola Leroy' (1892), 'Imperium In Imperio (1899) (en.wikipedia.org)

TIL Chris Cocker who is now Cara Cunningham went into pronography after her viral leave britney alone video. (en.wikipedia.org)

TIL Samuel Little is the most prolific serial killer in America with a confirmed 60 kills and 38 admitted to. (en.wikipedia.org)

TIL that the titanic is nearly 430m (690k) below the surface of the ocean (en.wikipedia.org)

Mind blowing.

TIL that Key West, Florida got hit with two Category 5 hurricanes while MTV was filming The Real World there (en.wikipedia.org)

Participants rated the same text presented in Wikipedia lower than in ChatGPT or Alexa for credibility (en.wikipedia.org)

Identical text perceived as less credible when presented as a Wikipedia article than as simulated ChatGPT or Alexa output. The researchers note that these results might be influenced by the fact that it is easier to discern factual errors on a static text page like a Wikipedia than when listening to the spoken audio of Alexa or...