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TIL that in 1998, Disney created a copyright law that made sure that no movies from 1923 can become free to watch and distribute for 20 more years. This copyright law expired today, January 1, 2019.

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m1OXo TIL In 2010, Julien Barreaux was so infuriated about losing a Knife fight in the game Counter Strike, that he spent seven months tracking down his opponent, found him and stabbed him in the chest. He was sentenced to 2 years in jail and ordered to take anger management classes.
QN8X6 TIL the 1959 Epic Movie "Ben-Hur" was such a huge box office hit that it generated another $20 million from merchandising, including books, toys, candy, perfume, neckties, jewelry, gowns, chariot-shaped tricycles, and "Ben-Her" and "Ben-His" bathroom towels.
X0J9X TIL: three different cardiac surgeons (Norwood, Glenn, Fontan) independently came up with surgeries to fix babies’ congenital heart defects. Nowadays the surgeries are done one after another as part of one mega treatment (“staged” reconstruction)
w05J TIL that Ugandan dictator Idi Amin’s official title was “His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO, MC, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular.”
neMDY TIL Four year old Wilhelm II attended the wedding of Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark. Wilhelm was in the care of his uncle Prince Alfred. Alfred asked Wilhelm to be quiet and the child threatened to stab his uncle with a dirk. A conflict occured and Wilhelm bit his uncle on the leg.