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TIL in 2019 one of Russia’s troll farms was evicted by the building owners after repeated bomb threats.

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v1WL4 Today I learned that the State of Michigan's anthem, "My Michigan" cannot be played without paying royalties until 2032, because the state government never purchased the rights to the song, and the song is still copyright protected.
YpXxd TIL Cheddar cheese wasn't the dominantly produced cheese in Britain until WWII, when cheese factories were forced to produce Cheddar due to its high yield per litre of milk; this was necessary due to the introduction of rationing.
d8RXZ TIL In 2012, The City Of Brussels Erected A Life-Sized Statue of Jean Claude Van Damme.
9Y10m TIL about Chad Pregracke, who,when he was 23, after witnessing immense levels of trash on the Mississippi River in IL, started a nonprofit to address it. Since then, they have removed 5,000 tons of trash from the Mississippi and it’s tributaries.
R7RZ1 TIL the 1918 flu was recreated from a victim found in the Alaskan permafrost. Monkeys infected with the flu strain had classic symptoms of the 1918 pandemic, and died from a cytokine storm - an overreaction of the immune system. This helps to understand why healthy individuals died from the flu.