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TIL that Jack Daniels deals with copyright infringement by politely requesting changes rather than making stringent demands like copyright lawyers usually do.

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bPYp TIL The youngest known serial killer ever is Amerjeet Sada who killed 3 young children at the age of 8, including his neighbor’s baby whom he bludgeoned with a brick
1aMLd TIL The magician Harry Houdini had a younger brother named Theodore Hardeen. Hardeen was also a magician and billed himself as the "brother of Houdini." Hardeen was the first magician to conceive escaping from a straitjacket in full view of the audience.
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