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TIL the Pharma company Allergan gave a number of their patents to a Native American tribe (and licensed the patents back to themselves) so that the tribe could asset "sovereign immunity" and prevent the patents from being invalidated.

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x6blD TIL Maggie Grace played 22 year old Shannon Rutherford on Lost starting in 2004, but played 17 year old Kim Mills in Taken in 2008
OG0O6 TIL that "Contempt of Congress" was originally defined as "bribery of a U.S. Senator or U.S. Representative." Now, it is defined as obstructing the work of the U.S. Congress.
8Vpb TIL that an astronomical clock was found in an ancient shipwreck. The clock has no earlier examples and its sophistication would not be duplicated for over 1000 years
E1N6w TIL of Jim Abbott, who played ten seasons in Major League Baseball despite being born with one hand. In 1993, he pitched the eighth no-hitter game in Yankees history.
PYeAJ TIL John DeLorean was arrested by the FBI for conspiring to smuggle $24M worth of cocaine into the US while the DeLorean Motor Co was failing to raise money to survive. Claiming he was coerced into participation in the deal by FBI agents who approached him as legitimate investors, he was acquitted