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TIL that, in 2002 a judge concluded a copyright legal battle between Mattel and MCA, over the hit song "Barbie Girl" by Danish Pop band Aqua, with "The parties are advised to chill."

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1gy8 TIL that in addition to saving a passenger train of people at the expense of his own life, earlier in his career Casey Jones saved the life of a young girl by standing on the moving train’s cow-catcher and picking the girl up off the track
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D1bEp TIL that The Simpsons character Hans Moleman being born in 1921 turned 100 years old this year.
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