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TIL American Hip Hop Duo Eric B. & Rakim sued Def Jam Island Music Group in 2003 because they were not paid in full for their work on their debut album, Paid in Full.

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p8MQb TIL that old cruise ships like the Titanic had black hulls to hide coal dust
QN79 TIL John Travolta was originally asked to star in the movie “Forrest Gump”, but turned it down. He later regretted his decision.
yVOaX TIL of there existed a government Music Bureau in Dynastic China aka the Ministry of Music which wasnt a music academy like today, it collected poems & musical scores & choreography to inform the emperor of the thoughts, feelings, and conditions of the various people in different parts of the empire
abm9 TIL it is illegal to tattoo in South Korea if you are not a licensed medical doctor.
E1Rro TIL about numeronyms, words where a number is used to form an abbreviation. One of its uses is to replace the letters between the first and last letter in a word with the number of letters omitted. Thus, “internationalization” becomes “i18n”!