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TIL Mattel sued Aqua for their song “Barbie Girl” but the judge ruled “The parties are advised to chill”

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wMeW TIL that the US Navy used the moon as the first “relay” satellite (i.e. sending signals from ship to moon to land and vice versa)
0dGNv TIL about Fugu, a dish prepared from Pufferfish, which can be lethal to humans if toxic parts of the fish are not properly prepared. In Japan and Korea, by law, only chefs who pass a three-year training are permitted to prepare the dish. Domestic preparation occasionally leads to accidental death.
GY1bj TIL There was a speech drafted in case the Apollo 11 astronauts were stranded on the moon. “For every human being who looks up at the moon in the nights to come will know that there is some corner of another world that is forever mankind.”
PejG TIL: That a copyright dispute between Southwest Airlines and Stevens Aviation was settled over a CEO vs CEO arm wrestling match.
0WQL TIL There is a beer pipeline in Germany