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TIL outing CIA agents wasn’t made illegal until 1982 after a former agent published several bestsellers which named thousands of CIA personnel

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WkRMo TIL that Mickey Mouse will enter the public domain in 2024. Characters such as Batman, Superman and the Looney Tunes will follow suite between 2031 and 2035. A character in the public domain has no copyright meaning it can be used by any artist in their works
1aYyP TIL that there's a Polish village called Polonezköy in Istanbul, Turkey. It was inspired and funded by Prince Adam Jerzy Czartoryski and settled in 1842 by a small group of Polish emigrės, after the failed November Uprising. There is still a Polish community there with its own church and cemetery.
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GAGa1 TIL the music from an anti-piracy ad was stolen and used for more ads. The composer successfully sued for piracy and won 165,000 euros.