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TIL CNN International refused to show a documentary on Bahrain’s human rights violations because they are paid by the Bahrain Regime to show the country in a good light

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Nplb TIL that Huey Lewis sued Ray Parker Jr. for plagiarism over the Ghostbusters theme song and won.
neZ0o TIL Paul Castellano, the future head of the Gambino crime family, allegedly ordered the 1975 murder of Vito Borelli, the boyfriend of his daughter Constance, because he compared him to Frank Perdue, the owner and spokesperson for Perdue Farms, and felt insulted
yVM6X TIL that the most valuable company in Europe isn't the French giant LVMH, it's the Danish Ozempic seller (+1000% profit) Novo Nordisk
l8E7 TIL Walt Disney designed emblems for WWII planes and submarines.
d80XK TIL over 500,000,000 Indians or over 1/3 of their population are considered open defecators, meaning they defecate everywhere but a toilet(streets, fields, beaches). 22.6% of Indians with access to a toilet still choose to openly defecate out of preference