Post * RPG9 — Curious Curator

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TIL Sears was sued for stealing an invention when they suddenly stopped ordering it… and released their own Craftsmen version

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d806r TIL In a 1945 interview with The New York Times, Alexander Fleming, who won a Nobel Prize that year for his discovery of pencillin, warned that misuse of the drug could result in selection for resistant bacteria. True to this prediction, resistance began to emerge within 10 years.

6EjeQ TIL Mickey Mouse's predecessor was a character named Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, who had to be replaced because his rights were owned by Universal Studios

KO7k4 TIL "yelling FIRE in a crowded theater" was coined in 1919 to imprison anti-war activists who published leaflets opposing the Draft, which constituted a "clear and present danger" under the Espionage Act.

p87X8 TIL Dave Thomas, the founder/owner of Wendy’s (the fast food giant), has an adoption charity which he supports with his own money. He has helped over 7,000 children have a place to call home and a family to call there own.

M5Na Today I learned that Activision, the company behind the Call of Duty series, runs an endowment dedicated to finding employment opportunities and jobs training for veterans. The Call of Duty Endowment claims to helped place over 25,000 vets in well paying jobs since 2009.