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TIL Viacom sued YouTube for abetting copyright infringement (of Viacom property) in 2011

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eOZk TIL Robert Moses (considered to be the “master builder” of mid-20th century NYC, Long Island, Rockland and Westchester County) was responsible for various NYC bridge constructions, Interstate 278, the Cross-Bronx Expressway, parkways and other highways, but never held a valid driver’s license.
PY7oZ TIL that Jesus could have owned a pair of scissors - "The earliest known scissors appeared in Mesopotamia 3,000 to 4,000 years ago".
WBR8 TIL A man in Canada smuggles Trader Joe’s branded groceries from the US to sell in his store “Pirate Joes” in Canada.
wLpmY TIL that actor Mark Wahlberg began his career as a rapper under the name Marky Mark.
wL0xE TIL of the Harvard Sentences, a set of phonetically-balanced words used to test audio quality. It is used to test phone call quality, text-to-speech programming, and more.