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TIL J. Cole, the rapper, graduated high school with a 4.2 GPA! He then accepted a scholarship to St. Johns University. While in college, he served as the president of a pan-African student coalition. And guess what? He graduated magna cum laude with a degree in communication and business!

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X51E TIL In 1982 Nintendo was sued by Universal for copyright infringement of the King Kong name and plot, but Nintendo won when it was found that in 1975 Universal successfully sued RKO Pictures for the decision that King Kong be deemed Public Domain.
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