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TIL in September 2010, California passed the Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution bill, creating the first day in U.S. history to be named after an Asian American.

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jnkj TIL that in the 1930s, parents used to keep their babies in cages on their windowsill in order to make sure they got enough air and sunshine in tall apartment buildings.
nLJG TIL Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal shot and killed his parents and two siblings after being denied his choice of bride. He shot himself and survived the next three days in a coma, during which he reigned as King.
QJXeL TIL - Disney once sued three day care centers in Florida for unauthorized use of their characters (5 foot high likenesses on murals on the buildings) who had to remove them. Universal in turn let the centers use Scooby Doo, Flintstones & other of their Hanna-Barbera characters.
EkPo TIL that after the sinking a british U-boat during WWII, Herbert Schultze sent radio message “cq - cq- cq - transmit to Winston Churchill. I have sunk the British steamer Firby. Posit 59.40 North and 13.50 West. Save the crew, if you please. German U-boat”. This made Schultze famous in Germany & UK.
oBoMW TIL in 2012 authorities discovered over 1,500 pieces of stolen art valued at 1.3 billion in the Munich apartment of Cornelius Gurlitt. Cornelius never held a job and lived alone surrounded by the art for 40 years. These pieces were to be part of Hitler's Fuhrermuseum.