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TIL in 2001 The LEGO Group faced legal action for their use, and misuse, of various Polynesian Words for Bionicle. Specifically how Tohunga (meaning “skilled person/spiritual leader”) was used to describe small villagers.

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JAy4 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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ADR07 TIL that all current Syrian hamsters are descended from two siblings that mated in a 1930s laboratory. The other lab hamsters were all eaten by their mother/sibling, killed with cyanide or escaped.