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TIL John Fogerty Was Sued for Plagerising Himself

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6O6m TIL that Twitter’s logo (a little blue bird) is named “Larry”, in honor of Larry Bird
7VAp TIL the 80’s had awesome realistic water guns
9gGB TIL a study conducted by Johns Hopkins found fifty US hospitals that gouge uninsured patients about 1000% actual costs, with the worst offender being North Okaloosa Medical Center who charge the uninsured 12.6 times the actual cost of patient care
v1yW7 TIL that in the Swiss boarding school Institut Le Rosey, a quota system limits students of any one country or linguistic region (e.g. English-speaking countries, German-speaking countries) to 10% of the school’s total population, which results in the 450 students coming from over 70 countries
xVgRb TIL when Italy declared war on Ethiopia in violation of the League of Nations' policies, only Adolf Hitler sent support to Ethiopia