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TIL the nation of Iceland sued a company named Iceland to have all its trademarks invalidated. And won.

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l555 TIL Psychologist Timothy Leary designed tests given to prisoners. After being convicted of drug crimes, he answered his tests in such a way that he was assigned to work as a gardener at a low-security prison from which he escaped
OoB14 TIL Gerald Blanchard, a sophisticated criminal mastermind, was facing a sentence of 164 years but reduced it to 8 by revealing where he kept the Star of Empress Sisi, a priceless ornament worn by Elisabeth of Bavaria which he stole a decade before from Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna, Austria
x6Bxw TIL that between August 1960 and April 1961, the CIA, with the help of the Mafia, pursued a series of plots to poison or shoot Fidel Castro.
yQovX TIL in 2013 Howard Stern held the “Get Grandpa Laid” contest and the 86 year old man who won choked to death on a steak hours before he was go meet the escort. His grandson cashed in the prize later that same evening.
XExM6 TIL Luxembourg won the Eurovision Song contest five times with French-language songs. When they tried switching to Luxembourgish songs they hit the last spot and quickly switched back to French.