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TIL chocolate maker Lindt has sued companies that make gold-foiled chocolate bunnies for trademark infringement

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n0RB TIL in the 70s, while Watergate was raging, a far more widely affecting scandal was being exposed: COINTELPRO – decades of FBI abuse of power and assassinations against political groups and individuals, incl. Martin Luther King, students, pacifists, women’s rights campaigners and notable Americans.
KYQdw Today I learned that Rogaine is fatally toxic to pets, even after it has dried (I’m a vet tech and experienced a sad case this week)
oRoxA TIL Columbia is the personification and spirit of America, aka Lady Columbia. Derived from Christopher Columbus (Colombo) last name. Many countries, states, cities, landmarks are similarly named Columbia (also Colombia has a similar name origin).
rR4g0 TIL there’s a Garfield comic where Jon drinks a cup of dog semen. [NSFW]
ADK6a TIL the plague that wiped out 50% of 14th Century Europe was never really eradicated. There is an average of 7 cases of plague every year in the US. The disease usually spreads through flea bites or by eating tainted meat. It usually hits the rural west of the US. (2:04)