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TIL that Beyonce once got into a trademark dispute over her daughter's name, "Blue Ivy", with a wedding planning service that shares the same name. She defended her position on the premise that her daughter was a "cultural icon" and a "mini style star".

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4XN1R TIL RPG doesn't actually stand for "Rocket Propelled Grenade", but rather "ruchnoy protivotankovy granatomyot". Which means "hand-held anti-tank grenade launcher".
78LRZ TIL that clear coke exits. Everything's gone downhill since.
4DMR TIL with the cost of $367 Billion, a nuclear pulse powered interstellar spaceship can be built with 1968 technology to reach Alpha Centauri in 133 years; Achieving a top speed of 3.3% speed of light.
LQ5O9 TIL that, Noh theater (Traditional Form of Japanese theater) uses four pillars to help actors wearing wooden masks orient themselves on stage, overcoming limited vision and maintaining positioning throughout the performance. Here is the link to one of my favorite Noh Performance.
78GP7 TIL that the town of Alvira, PA was purchased by the DOD during WW2 & all its residents displaced. They built about 150 bunkers to housed munitions. Today you can find remaining bunkers in State Game Lands 252. (Wear blaze orange!)