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TIL typefaces (fonts) are not protected by copyright in the United States as they are considered to be “utilitarian objects whose utility outweighs any merit that may exist in protecting their creative elements.”

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kpyd TIL Alaska has over 3,000,000 lakes
Ovd4 TIL that although homosexuality is punishable by death in Iran, transexuality is nevertheless fully legal and the Iranian government regularly funds gender reassignment surgeries. Iran carries out more gender change operations than any country in the world besides Thailand.
Zpgdp TIL that the end of the northern part of the Pan-American Highway, (which extends all the way from Alaska to the tip of South America), abruptly ends in a nondescript residential neighborhood in Yaviza, Panama, north of the Darien Gap.
yRBX TIL that Aberdeen, Washington, the birthplace of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, changed their town motto in 2005 to “Come As You Are” as a tribute to Cobain
4X6rg TIL Lego Universe, the Lego MMO that was cancelled in 2012 was likely cancelled due to the cost associated with detecting penises