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

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LpMr TIL that one of Hitlers close friends and personal driver (Emil Maurice) had a Jewish ancestry. Hitler declared Emil and his brothers Honorary Aryans so that they could stay in the SS
WByX TIL that booze under 10% alcohol will hydrate you if you were stuck in the desert, over 10% will take fluids away
rNQ9W TIL the Official Secrets Act of Britian was created after Charles Thomas Marvin sold the details of a secret treaty to the press and it was realised there was no law to actually prosecute him. It's suspected that this is the basis of the Sherlock holmes story "The Adventure of the Naval Treaty"
Z86M4 TIL in 2007 Switzerland accidentally invaded .9 miles into Liechtenstein and after their mistake issued an apology to which Lichtenstein’s official response was “no worries these things happen”
b64O7 TIL Steller’s sea cows were massive, docile animals that were exterminated less than 30 years after the species was first discovered.