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TIL many members of the Yakuza are actually Korean

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jwyX TIL in 1978 Apple Corps (owned by The Beatles) sued Apple Computer for trademark infringement. The case settled for $80,000 along with the condition that Apple Computer agreed not to enter the music business, and Apple Corps agreed not to enter the computer business.
a8Bdo TIL that filmmakers and prop creators don't actually do their research
e0bl6 TIL the Microsoft Flight Simulator series predates Microsoft Windows by 3 years, making it one of the longest running PC games series of all time.
8aZaP TIL When the Rolling Stones left Decca to start their own record label, Decca insisted that the Stones owed them one more song before they were allowed to leave. That incensed Mick Jagger who recorded the song C*cksucker Blues, a song with explicit references to fellatio, anal sex and bestiality
ar9L TIL Indigenous Australians weren’t considered Australian citizens until 1967. Until this point they were listed as “fauna”.