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TIL that The Krofft Brothers, of H.R. Pufnstuf game, sued McDonald's for copyright infringement

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ZlPR TIL a British man spent three days pushing a Brussels sprout with his nose to the summit of one of the UK’s tallest mountains: “People definitely think I’m mad, and I’m beginning to think it myself.”
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X0w0X TIL about a Japanese politician who was convinced that he was God incarnate, which led him to run for president from 1997 to 2013
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W7dVX TIL an Australian couple bought their neighbors home with the intention of fixing it up and sell for a profit for their retirement. However they couldn't because the paperwork drafted over a century ago, when the lots were first registered, states that their new house is built on a different lot.