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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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R7vA9 TIL Millikan's famous Oil Drop Experiment (1909), was developed with his grad student, Harvey Fletcher. Millian pressured Fletcher into allowing him sole credit, in exchange for Fletcher having sole credit for another paper.
xLZD TIL in 1974 canned food from a boat that sank in 1865 were tested on. There was no trace of microbial growth and the food was determined to be still safe to eat over 100 years later
enrg TIL … that fake poop has been a favored espionage tool.
KjxG TIL the head of Serbia’s popular State Lottery was forced to resign after the winning numbers of a ‘random’ drawing appeared to television viewers before they were drawn
Lkd9Q TIL of hidden mother photography, which was a result from the long exposure time needed for early photographs