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TIL That the people who falsely claimed the copyright on “Happy Birthday to You” made $2m USD a year for decades until a court ruled the song to be public domain in 2016

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mOjR TIL a man from Texas died after attempting to play Russian roulette with a semi-automatic pistol. He was apparently unaware that semi-automatic pistols automatically insert a cartridge into the firing chamber when the gun is cocked. He was posthumously awarded a Darwin Award.
aW40 TIL that Jimmy Carter signed the bill that made homebrewing legal in 1978. (It took effect in 1979)
kQBW TIL there is a part of Route 66 in New Mexico where the grooves in the road play “America the Beautiful” as you drive over it.
pDaO TIL in 2012 a zookeeper licked a monkey’s anus for an hour in order to save the monkey’s life
Y7PX7 TIL It's Such a Beautiful Day (2012) was shot entirely on camera from the 1940s. The films splitscreens were done with holes and multiple exposures, while the digital effects were done by printing out each frame and photographing it.