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TIL that in 2020 Apple sued a small business that was using a pear as it's logo, claiming "people can get confused."

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AW0d TIL If the U.S. cut its military budget by 85% it would still have the largest military budget in the world.
ybWJ TIL Ger Frits, a man from Amsterdam has organised the funerals of the 20 or so people who die completely alone each year. He places flowers on the coffin and accompanies it on its last journey. A poem is also written for the dead person and read at their funeral
9Y11G TIL In 1997, Boris Yeltsin refused to allow the President of Belarus to let his aircraft into Russia, forcing him to cancel a regional visit. Yeltsin sent a telegram saying the visit could take place only under certain conditions related to the release of a television journalist detained in Belarus
Br16K TIL There is no federal law against owning and displaying human bones in the US
e0XRk TIL about A-230, a new Russian chemical considered to be the most potent nerve agent ever discovered. It’s estimated that less than 0.1 mg is lethal for humans. It was added to Schedule 1 of the Annex of Chemicals of the Chemical Weapons Convention as of June 2020.