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

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XERVE TIL Kid Rock was not actually raised poor, or in a trailer. He grew up in a 5500 square foot home on a six acre estate, helping his family pick apples from their orchards and care for their horses.
OolyY TIL that while interbreeding occurred between neanderthals and early modern humans, the only genetic evidence of these events conserved within the human genome comes from Y chromosomal DNA meaning that all neanderthal DNA within modern humans comes from male neanderthal and female human pairings.
8e9Ma TIL For a brief period in 1930 in the US you could purchase special postage stamps to have your letters delivered via zepplin
oOeR TIL that there was a Soviet Submarine that sank with 34 warheads aboard. Those warheads are no longer there.
1aoYd TIL Research shows distinct changes in the brains of London taxi drivers throughout the process of acquiring 'The Knowledge' (memorising the 320 routes within 6 miles of Charring Cross). An increase in grey matter and better memory "proved the brain could adapt to new tasks, even in adulthood."