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TIL Universal and Disney sued Sony for production of Betamax VCRs which they alleged enabled copyright infringement. Marc Wileage copied 3 Frankenstein movies and 7 other movies by Universal, 6 full/partial episodes of the New Mickey Mouse Club, and 1 episode of The Wonderful World Of Disney.

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p8Vdp TIL, In 1963, George Harrison was asked by executives at a party if there were any decent groups to sign, he replied "you want to get The Rolling Stones"
5VlO9 TIL about the Navajo practice of leaving a small imperfection in every item they create. Since they incorporate part of themselves into anything they make, this imperfection creates a "spirit pathway" that allows their spirit to escape.
aRay TIL That a 1956 report on the CIA’s covert activities found that the CIA was influencing foreign elections as part of their Cold War operations. The report also concluded that the CIA was exerting “almost unilateral” control on US foreign policy.
JYxpl TIL - Mozart has a pet starling (bird) which could sing part of his piano concerto in G Major. He had bought it from a shop after hearing it sing a phrase from a work he wrote six weeks previously, which had not yet been performed in public
0wKJM TIL the University of Southern California's Spirit of Troy is the only collegiate band to have two platinum records. They have performed at the Oscars, the Grammys, on Fleetwood Mac's "Tusk", for five U.S. Presidents, and at the fall of the Berlin Wall.