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TIL that James Barrie, creator of Peter Pan, gave the Peter Pan copyright to Great Ormond Street Hospital, the leading children's hospital in London, which helped support the institution's work for 70 years after his passing

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Mw90 TIL in 2007, Stephanie Lenz posted a YouTube video of her children dancing to “Let’s Go Crazy.” Universal sent YouTube a takedown notice, claiming it violated copyright. The court ruled that copyright holders must consider fair use before issuing takedown notices for content posted on the internet.
WQaY TIL that the green Haribo gummy bears are strawberry flavored. The red are cranberry.
P1LKn TIL in 2005 Gary Beach became the first artist to play the same part on Broadway and in movie theatres at the same time after returning to his stage role as Roger De Bris while The Producers movie was in release
j6P0j TIL A Missouri Christian school's staff were charged with child abuse, in part, for punishing misbehaving children in pits of cow manure
vB97 TIL Author William Peter Blatty once won $10,000 on the Groucho Marx show “You Bet Your Life“. When Groucho asked what he planned to do with the money, he said he planned to take some time off to “work on a novel.” The novel turned out to be “The Exorcist“.