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TIL that Universal Tube and Rollform Equipment sued Youtube because video seekers couldn't couldn't distinguish between youtube.com and utube.com

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yQMal TIL when a Dutch columnist proposed making an artificial mountain 2 kilometres tall and 5 kilometres wide, the Eindhoven University of Technology actually calculated the cost of such a project. It turned out that the potential cost of the mountain would be up to 7 trillion euros.
pakG TIL there was an era in Hollywood called “Pre-Code”. A 4 year old period during which there were no virtually rules. It spawned many great, sexual and idiosyncratic films like Frankenstein and Freaks that were years ahead of their time.
7rlE7 TIL, Vesta Stoudt, who had the idea for duct tape, couldnt get her bosses at a military ordnance plant to take her seriously. So she sent a letter to FDR who recommended it to the War Production Board where it was approved for use on ammo boxes.
Z84wa TIL that Elvis Presley stopped a mugging 53 days before he died. He’d been passing by a gas station in his limo when he saw two men beating up a teen. He got out, assumed a karate stance and challenged the fighters to take him on. They were so thrilled that they stopped immediately.
XX0P TIL: Elon Musk once scolded a Tesla employee for missing a work event to witness the birth of his child