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TIL PETA filed a lawsuit claiming that a crested black macaque monkey owns the copyright to a selfie he took of himself with a photographer’s unattended camera.

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A6xn TIL that the Couch Gag in The Simpsons intro developed into a clever way to adjust the show’s runtime as needed.
1Aj4 TIL the phrase “lo and behold” is just short for “Look and behold”
GWp7 TIL Mars, inc denied the use of M&M’s to be used in Steven Spielberg’s ET, describing the character as a “creature whose appearance falls somewhere between stray dog with mange and syphilitic genitals”
5YLm9 TIL Harriet Tubman joined the Union army as a nurse, but also acted as a scout and spy behind enemy lines during the war. Despite her efforts and general fame, she was only able to acquire a nurse’s pension after the war ended.
Wk4Ld TIL that Nas began recording his signature album, Illmatic, when he was only 18 years old.