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TIL that when Uwe Boll tried to obtain filming rights for a World of Warcraft movie Blizzard said “We will not sell the movie rights, not to you…especially not to you.”

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7rOrL TIL that even though the melody of "Happy Birthday to You" was created in 1893, and none of the early printed appearances of the melody and lyrics stated a copyright notice, Warner/Chappell Music managed to keep the song out of the public domain until a court ruling in 2016.
QNDbk TIL: There are "sniffer bees" that can be trained to sniff out various substances, including explosives, illegal drugs, and diseases in humans. Their sense of smell is so acute, they can match sniffer dogs in detection skills. However, each bee can only be trained to recognize one specific scent.
VBXK8 TIL research suggests "huh?" is a universal syllable. It's used to express confusion in at least 31 different languages, e.g. Icelandic, Dutch, Japanese, Hungarian, Lao, the Aboriginal Australian language Murriny Patha, Cha’palaa (spoken by 3k indigenous Ecuadorians), and of course, English.
KYaQ TIL Charlie Sheen once bought 2,615 tickets to a major league baseball game to improve his chances of catching a home run ball..
loBPB TIL- Bill Hader got fired from his job working as an usher at a movie theater in Tempe because he "spoiled the ending of Titanic to noisy patrons"