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TIL The Supreme Court unanimously decided that tomatoes were vegetables

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gN69 TIL $100,000,000 lawsuit claiming the film Sister Act was plagiarized from a book A Nun in the Closet. Disney offered $1,000,000 to settle of out court the but the plaintiffs declined. Eventually the judge found in favor of Disney and the other defendants, the plaintiffs got nothing.
aw4jo TIL that up until World War I, it was common for both men and women to have long hair. The unsanitary conditions of trench warfare caused men to adopt short hair to avoid lice and fleas. Due to the number of war veterans and the prestige granted to them, short hair became the dominant style for men.
gMQyA TIL that the famous OK Corral shootout lasted only 30 seconds, with ten men firing an average of 3 shots per second.
PYayG TIL Benjamin Franklin designed the first American penny called the Fugio Cent. The coin was engraved with a sundial and the words "Mind Your Business".
KO0yR TIL about South Park episode 201. In it, Tom Cruise attempted to steal Muhammad’s immunity to satire. It ended with Kyle realizing that the best way to block parody was through threats of violence. The episode was censored due to bomb threats from Muslim activists, and Kyle’s revelation was removed.