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TIL parents of students in Quebec filed a $1.5 million lawsuit against an art teacher & his school board because students reportedly found their classroom artwork available for purchase on the teacher's personal site with some items listed for as much as $174.

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wLGeE TIL the U.S. Navy tried to remove a whale carcass with dynamite. A veteran with explosives training warned the amount of dynamite was far too much – advice that went unheeded. His brand-new car, purchased during a "Get a Whale of a Deal" promotion, was then flattened by a chunk of falling blubber.
QoVa TIL that during the Cold War, the Soviet Union could tell fake passports from real ones because of the quality of the staples. Real passports would have poor quality because of the lack of quality metal.
NRxE TIL in the 1930s Benny Goodman, American jazz clarinetist and bandleader, hired prominent black musicians to play and tour with his band. This meant being banned touring in the South for breaking anti segregation laws.
wAVP TIL that Washington DC contributes more in federal taxes than 19 states, yet citizens only have one nonvoting representative in the House, none in Senate, and had no electoral votes until 1961. Some say it is “Taxation without Representation” and the UN has cited the US on the issue since 2006.
R8n4 TIL when Byzantine emperor Justinian II was usurped, his nose was cut off to prevent him from seeking the throne and sent to Crimea in exile. He returned to Constantinople 10 years later with a Bulgar army and a golden nose to retake his throne