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TIL Harley-Davidson filed a trademark application in 1994 for the sound produced by their motorcycles. After many objections and even litigation, they dropped all efforts in 2000.

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LQEVd TIL several people who were in permanent catatonic states as a result of the Spanish Flu later regained full function in the 1960s as a result of treatment with the medicine L-DOPA. Unfortunately the treatment was only temporary and all patients reverted to permanent catatonic states.
wL0QM TIL an ibex is able to defies gravitt anc climb a dam
59oB TIL that after winning independence from France, Haiti was forced to pay 150 million francs (later reduced to 60 million) in reparations to the French slaveholders in order for France to recognize their sovereignty. Starting in 1825, the last payment was made in 1947.
gMew8 Today I learned there are jaguars living in the United States and the most famous one is named El Jefe
OokA7 TIL 40 military musicians have been awarded the Medal of Honor