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Today I learned that companies like Starbucks and Verizon use US prison labor to increase profit margins.

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R5dp7 TIL of a court in France which stopped a girl being named "Nutella" and forcibly renamed her to Ella in the absence of her parents. The Judge said that the name Nutella would "only lead to teasing or disparaging thoughts," a complaint not heard by her parents as they did not attend the hearing.
nWK77 TIL Muhammad Ali released a comedy album in 1963 under his birth name titled "I Am the Greatest" and track 5 was "Round 5: Will the Real Sonny Liston Please Fall Down". The album is considered a precursor to hip hop music and the track is considered an early diss track.
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