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TIL Sony once sued itself; RIAA(partially controlled by Sony Music) sued Launch.com(owned by Sony’s Tech & Business unit), meaning that the Music Dept. somehow sued it’s Tech Dept.

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N7vM6 TIL that for over a century, locals in Meghalaya, India have been using trees to build root bridges, known locally as jing kieng jri. Taking 15 to 30 years to grow, they can span up to 250′ above gorges and rivers and support up to 35 people at a time.
v187L TIL That Jack in the Box was sued for running ads saying that Carl's Jr and Hardees were selling burgers made of cow anus
b6J7 TIL that Brian May, guitarist for Queen, has a PhD in Astrophysics. He abandoned his thesis work in 1971 to be a musician and went back and completed the thesis in 2007.
pYQBb TIL that the Twin Cities region of Minnesota is sometimes referred to as “Paganistan” because of the relatively high number of neopagans and Wiccans who live there. In 2007 there was a nationally publicized rally and ritual at the State Capitol calling for pagan veterans’ rights.
vV0j TIL learned there is a gang dubbed the “The Pink Panthers” who have stolen 100’s millions of dollars from banks and jewelers in crazy fashion (dressed in drag with prosthetics, fleeing in speed boats) oh, and they broke their leader out of prison using machine gun fire and a rope ladder