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TIL Sherlock Holmes only became public domain a couple of months ago

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6pr8 TIL that payed, a common misspelling of paid, is an actual word that means an act of sealing the deck or seams of wooden ships with pitch to prevent water leakage. This makes it an atomic typo(link in comments)
0wKmy TIL that in 2017, a dead grasshopper was found in an 1889 Vincent van Gogh painting. A scientist discovered that the insect’s thorax and abdomen were missing and there was no sign of movement in the surrounding paint. So, it was already dead when it somehow landed on the artist’s wet canvas.
j6LPa TIL - In US criminal cases, a jury can reach a verdict contrary to the evidence and let murders walk free with no consequence.
kOd5W TIL that organ donation is on an opt-out basis in Singapore. Citizens who opt-out have a lower priority of receiving an organ should they need one.
dDlYB TIL: Because of the way our eyes see combinations of frequencies of light, green can never dominate the color of a star.