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TIL Laryy Lessig wrote a book about copyright and how Disney orchestrated lengthening copyright over 90 times in a century and effectively stealing you rights for published works.

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EBDV TIL Vincent Li, a man who randomly stabbed beheaded and cannibalized a 22yr old passenger who was sitting on the bus next to him, was released last year.
9wkQ6 TIL that 70 to 80% of hemophiliacs being treated with blood products prior to 1985 became infected with HIV
m9JO TIL a farmer in Chile tried to kill a pig by shooting at it after failing to kill it with an axe, but the bullet bounced and landed on the face of one of the farmer’s employees. “The immortal pig” they call him nowadays.
loy4A TIL Peekaboo is the example of object permanence in infants which helps to develop sensory capabilities in kids with cognitive development.
8eNKV TIL that the tallest tree ever measured wasn’t actually a redwood. It was an Australian mountain ash. Which was recorded at a height of over 130 metres! (427 ft)