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TIL two men sued Aunt Jemima for failing to pay royalties only to lose after having no proof they were heirs of the model Aunt Jemima is based upon.

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awX4J TIL Johann Rudolf Wyss, editor and son of the author of The Swiss Family Robinson, also wrote the text for the former Swiss national anthem.
mwjM TIL that there was no script for the first Iron Man movie with Robert Downey Jr. Co-star Jeff Bridges claims that Downey and director Jon Favreau would improvise and create each day’s scenes.
jOgj TIL an increasingly dark sense of humour can be an early sign of dementia.
5aD8 TIL that Vatican’s chief astronomer, Fr. George Coyne said, “Intelligent design isn’t science even though it pretends to be. If you want to teach it in schools, intelligent design should be taught when religion or cultural history is taught, not science.”
pJVO TIL There is no guaranteed freedom of speech in Australia