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TIL the US private security/detective agency, Pinkerton, sued Rockstar Games and Take-Two Interactive in 2019, for using Pinkerton’s trademark and portraying their agents as antagonists in Red Dead Redemption 2. Take-Two counter-sued on the grounds of fair use.

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neNLd TIL there's a hidden room behind Lincoln's head on Mount Rushmore
LkeVd TIL Japan's average elevation is actually quite low, despite the popular perception of Japan being covered in hills and mountains.
e0XZn TIL that the first woman in space, Valentina Tereshkov, urinated on a tire of the bus that took her to the launch site. This remarkable woman was only 26 years old, a former textile factory worker, and was in space a full two decades before the first U.S. woman was.
9YaXp TIL that the first person to use a pacemaker and the doctor who implanted it were born in the same year, with the patient outliving the doctor.
A9od TIL Ng Mui, a legendary Shaolin nun, met a teenage girl named Yim Wing-Chun who was being harrassed into marrying a thug and taught her how to defend herself. Hundreds of years later, Bruce Lee would learn what is now called Wing-Chun, a form which was specifically made for a woman by a woman.