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TIL the Wizard of Oz's real name is Oz Pinhead, or Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkle Emmannuel Ambroise Diggs

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VMj98 TIL Harley-Davidson filed a trademark application in 1994 for the sound produced by their motorcycles. After many objections and even litigation, they dropped all efforts in 2000.
e0P54 TIL in 1968 Elton John attempted suicide but was discovered by Bernie Taupin. Upon finding Elton's head in the oven, resting on a pillow, with the gas on low, and all the windows open, Bernie couldn't stop laughing. This event inspired the hit single "Someone Saved My Life Tonight"
16ZYP TIL there is a Civil War Diorama museum in Gettysburg that depicts the battle scenes fought by cats.
ZvDo TIL Conrad Heyer, born in 1749, is this earliest-born person ever to be photographed
l7vA5 TIL that Magnus Carlsen intentionally plays non-book "inaccuracies" during opening (moves he knows aren't the best), in order to force the game into a non-book position, so his opponents will have to think for themselves instead of going by memorized opening theory.