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TIL in 1935 "Happy Birthday to You" was copyrighted with a value of 5M making it illegal to sing. In 2016 a federal judge ruled that the copyright was not valid and the song had no other claim to copyright, placing it in the public domain, and making it free to sing for all.

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6pkW TIL 9/11 responders are dying from inhalation of ground zero waste, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will not let the Zadroga Act pass.
k4Og TIL that famous Mormon Brigham Young once said “If the white man who belongs to the chosen seed mixes his blood with the seed of [Africans], the penalty, under the law of God, is death on the spot. This will always be so.”
G6nN TIL the world’s biggest spider is the “Goliath Birdeater” has a leg span the size of a child’s forearm, weights as much as a puppy, can live for 25 years and has fangs strong enough to pierce skulls.
WeGL TIL Astronomers have found a planet that rains glass sideways
J18yj TIL that a young Joe Pesci introduced to one another the musicians that would later make the band "The Four Seasons". Joe was also a musician, and even released a 1968 album "Little Joe Sure Can Sing!"