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TIL that Mattel sued the band Aqua because of the double entendres in the song ‘Barbie Girl’. The judge awarded in favour of Aqua, saying “The parties are advised to chill”

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M77Va TIL the Irish Guards have had an Irish Wolfhound as a mascot since 1902. The current one is called Seamus
wW4W TIL Pepsi became a military power in 1989 after Russia could not pay them in rubles. Russia paid with diesel submarines and a few ships instead.
b6Ena TIL Macho Man Randy Savage released a full length rap album in 2005, the title track Be a Man is a dis track towards Hulk Hogan
oXjK TIL a man drove over 600 miles to listen to the Cubs win the World Series on his fathers grave. Keeping his word on a promise made decades ago
loXn1 TIL that Disney’s “Baymax” character design was inspired by Chris Atkeson’s pioneer work in soft robotics. His research in Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute is based on a theory: “For robots to effectively operate in our world, they’re going to have to be as squishy as we are”.