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TIL Kirby was named after the Lawyer that saved Nintendo from a lawsuit against Universal Studios in 1984

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e0nZk TIL that Phillip J. Fry wasn't named in honor of Phil Hartman after all like Billy West once said, but after Matt Groening's father, Homer Phillip Groening. One in his children is also called Phillip.
ADPOa TIL magenta is an imaginary color; allcolors have their own wave length except magenta. The only wave lengths between blue and red are yellow green and orange etc if blue cones are slightly stimulated and red cones are slightly stimulated, but green isn’t detecting anything own brains create magenta
xVQWB TIL of Shunsuke Takasugi, a japanese actor and fugitive who cheated his fans out of $450,000 by claiming "Super-1's [his character] henshin belt was taken by the Yakuza and I need money to get it back."
7rmk7 TIL in 2000 Saddam Hussein anonymously published a romance novel called 'Zabiba and the King.'
1aA5r TIL, all beer labels in the U.S. are approved by one man. No approval = no sale.