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TIL Pixar's "UP" Was Originally About Two Princes, a Floating City, and a strange large bird

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yQRg8 TIL about "Conflicting Out" - the act of interviewing several top attorneys as a tactic to prevent one's spouse from hiring those attorneys in a divorce, as it creates a conflict of interest.
gMYWy TIL King Henry VIII of England was a gifted musician and composer. He could sing and play many instruments and was considered highly skilled in his time. Many of his compositions survive and some are still played in classical concerts, especially his most popular piece, "Pastime with Good Company."
GARLE TIL the facade of the Meiji Chocolate Factory in Osaka, Japan is shaped like a giant chocolate bar
nW6kP TIL that the San people, one of the most genetically diverse group of people in the world, have separated from the rest of humans around 200,000 years ago, just a 100,000 years less from the lowest estimate of when humans separated from Neanderthals.
R5kA7 TIL that in 1963, the FBI launched a 2-year investigation where they unsuccessfully attempted to discern the lyrics to the song “Louie Louie” by The Kingsmen out of fear that the song contained obsene lyrics