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1aL67 TIL Pablo Picasso's son Claude was a photographer in New York City when his father died. At the time, he had experienced a period of estrangement from his father due to his mother's memoir "Life with Picasso". He later established the "Picasso Administration" to look after copyright
J1m5m TIL In the US, the shapes of typefaces are not eligible for copyright but can be protected by design patent (15yr term, rarely applied for) Typefaces and their letter forms are considered utilitarian objects whose public utility outweighs any private interest in protecting their creative elements.
kJ9wE TIL Professional poker player Annie Duke graduated from Columbia and has a Ph.D in Psychology from Penn.
5YdQD TIL that when dinner forks were introduced to Europe in the late Middle Ages, they were considered to be a tool of the Devil and were thus banned by the Catholic Church
kO0ne TIL about Richard Jewel, who found a bomb and evacuated the area, saving many lives. He was investigated and despite never being charged, he underwent a "trial by media" with great toll on his life. Jewel's case is an example of the damage that can be done by media based on bias.