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TIL the Nebra Sky Disc, the oldest known depiciton of astrological was part of a trademark lawsuit as the state of Saxony-Anhalt claimed trademark but a counter argument was that it was published 3500 years ago and thus out of copy right.

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6Ep7m TIL that "gridiron" is actually a grill and not just a nickname for an (American) football field. I also learned that American football is also called gridiron football.
W7ZmA TIL that Québec bans dessert-like cannabis edibles because of their potential appeal to minors. The provincially-run dispensaries sell edibles like mini-sausages, ramen, nuts, and poutine sauce.
yVl1X TIL during the two decades that the famous advertising campaign 'Got Milk?' ran, it reached an estimated 80% of all US consumers on any given day. By the end of the campaign, around 350 national TV and print ads had been used including 70 commercials in California alone.
EgvQx TIL many countries are formed by oceanic volcanoes -not land-. Japan, Philippines, Hawaii, Caribbean islands etc are on the Ring of Fire. Some cities are located directly at the volcano’s vent like Iceland’s Reykjavik. These countries may face eruptions with entire cities wiped and rebuilt again.
RA5l TIL when Disneyland first opened, so many weeds sprouted along the banks of the Canal Boats of the World ride that Disney ordered workers to place signs with exotic species names in Latin next to them to resemble an arboretum.