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TIL When the Court of Appeals found it illegal for the US Government to compel Microsoft to hand overseas data over, the US Government passed a new law making it legal and reissued the warrant

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9wYQX TIL that David Bowie's song 'Fame' was co-written by John Lennon. 'Fame' was Bowie's first number 1 single on the US Billboard Hot 100.
Brgex TIL herd animals in the wild often hang around with giraffes. The giraffes, being so tall, give the herd animals such as Zebra and Wildebeest an early warning of lions sneaking up on them. These herd animals benefit by having friends in high places (quite literally).
Zp8Ao TIL that each April 17 is celebrated as "Queen Day" in Japan, to mark the band's first visit to the country
KWE6 TIL Jason Segel actually wrote the Dracula musical from forgetting Sarah Marshall. Attributed it to a slow period in his career and smoking lots of pot.
oB7mL TIL that in 1938 a woman named Helen Hulick was jailed for wearing slacks instead of a dress in Los Angeles