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TIL although film studios and music labels continue to mark their products with “all rights reserved”, this has had no legal effect since 2000.

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69d8Z TIL During the American Civil War, the Confederacy attempted to develop an unusual weapon known as the "H.L. Hunley," which became the first combat submarine to sink an enemy warship. On February 17, 1864, Hunley achieved this remarkable feat by torpedoing and sinking the Union Navy's Housatonic
wLWX7 TIL Kanye West is the wealthiest black man in America and the richest musician of all time with a net worth of more than $6 Billion USD
5QbP TIL When Andrew W.K. was 17, he wrote a love song for a crush, earning him a juvenile restraining order.
1J84 TIL that Banksy swapped Paris Hiltons CD with 500 of his his own remixed versions of her album in 48 stores in the UK.
a864L TIL That some US States allow non-consensual pelvic and rectal exams by medical students on patients under anesthesia