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TIL the music used in the anti privacy ad "you wouldn't steal a car" was pirated for the ad

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v18jx TIL of Congressman Lucas Miller who proposed an amendment renaming the United States of America to the United States of the Earth in 1893. He also proposed abolishing the Army and Navy.
ANox TIL In the 1800s, feeding lobster to prisoners was considered “cruel and unusual punishment, like making people eat rats”.
7M0M TIL that Nazi prison guards would perform tickle torture on inmates.
X0kLX TIL Of pancake syndrome, an illness derived from eating contaminated pancakes. Illness comes from having an allergic reaction to eating flour containing dust mites.
BjZk TIL Michael Jackson purchased the publishing rights to The Beatles song catalogue for $47.5 million, against the advice of his counsel. 30 years later it was resold to Sony for $750 million, nearly a 1500% increase in value.