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TIL that in the “Towelie” episode of South Park, the game system was changed from a Playstation 2 to the Okama Gamesphere due to copyright. In Japan, Okama is a slur for gay men.

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ZpjnG TIL that Usher won a bidding war with Justin Timberlake to sign Justin Bieber by saying, 'There can only be one Justin. So if you go with Justin, that’s Justin and Justin. With me, it’s only one Justin.' This instantly created a relationship and showed support for him as an entrepreneur.
819a TIL in an Ontario, Canada POW camp during WWII, many German naval officers desired to stay for the duration of the war as they were gardens, tennis courts, a swimming pool, and they were even allowed to buy beer, cigarettes and dry goods from a mail-order catalogue.
R7ap9 TIL in 1975 after 6 same-sex marriage licenses were handed out in Colorado, a cowboy marched to the County Clerk's office with request to marry his favourite horse. But got his request rejected on the grounds that the 8 year old mare was underage.
QJKyp TIL Henry Heinz deliberately put his ketchup in clear glass bottles which was uncommon due to a lack of food safety standards. unethical companies used colored bottles to hide shoddy product and he worked with a chemist who went on to find foods containing gypsum, brick dust, borax, formaldehyde etc
oBJgR TIL the shrimp cocktail was invented in a bar on Boston Harbor in 1941. It was first prepared as a drunken “let’s put gross shit together in a glass and dare people to drink it” concoction with shrimp, ketchup, and vodka, but it proved to be delicious while hammered.