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TIL that the 2002 movie The Ring wasn't the first in the franchise. The 1998 Japanese film Ring (known as "Ringu" in the US) actually was the original.

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Z8EX4 TIL Quincy Jones successfully sued Michael Jackson's estate based on expert testimony that was immediately expunged from the record.
jNABR TIL that in 1981, Disneyland was sued by the family of a nine-year-old girl, claiming that a performer in a Winnie the Pooh suit had hit her in the face, causing brain damage. The performer defended himself in court by wearing the costume and demonstrating that he was unable to hit anyone.
R5wy6 TIL Since the 1960s there have been more pieces composed for the recorder than in all the centuries before, despite its golden age being in the baroque and Renaissance. The Mandalorian features soundtrack of a trio of bass recorders composed by Ludwig Göransson
RpD6 TIL China returns all illegal immigrants from North Korea which usually imprisons them in a short term facility. Women who are suspected of being impregnated by Chinese fathers are subjected to forced abortions; babies born alive are killed, sometimes by exposure or being buried alive.
a8jKA TIL the "Three Wise Monkeys" - See No Evil (covers eyes) | Hear No Evil (covers ears) | Speak No Evil (covers mouth) - Are sometimes depicted with a fourth sibling. This monkey covers his groin with his hands and is described as "Do No Evil."