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TIL that the NYPD uses taxi cabs as undercover police cars.
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TIL in 2007, Stephanie Lenz posted a YouTube video of her children dancing to “Let’s Go Crazy.” Universal sent YouTube a takedown notice, claiming it violated copyright. The court ruled that copyright holders must consider fair use before issuing takedown notices for content posted on the internet.
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TIL Kate Bush has only toured once, the Tour of Life, which ran for six weeks in 1979. The BBC suggested that she may have quit touring due to a fear of flying, or because of the death of a lighting engineer, Bill Duffield, who was killed in an accident during a warmup concert.
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TIL that in 1929, Charles Lawson took his family Christmas shopping and had a photo taken just days before he murdered his wife and six of his children on Christmas Day, then killed himself. Only his eldest son, Arthur, survived as he was sent on an errand before the tragedy.
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TIL Nuclear power is actually better environmentally than coal.
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TIL Dr. Seuss' widow disliked 'The Cat in the Hat' (2003) so much that she banned Hollywood from making Live Action movies of Seuss characters.