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TIL In "Games without Frontiers" by Peter Gabriel that "she" is not "funky, yeah" or "Popular" it's "jeux sans frontières" (french)

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QJmMa TIL Japanese General Hitoshi Imamura was charged with and sentenced to 9 years for failing to control his subordinates as they committed war crimes against Australian troops. He thought that he got off too light so he reconstructed his cell in his yard and lived there for the reminder of his life.
wLBrY TIL that Walt Disney accidentally "kidnapped" Richard Nixon by dispatching his monorail train before the Secret Service could get on. The agents ran after the train and attempted to jump onboard but the doors had already closed. Monorail pilot Bob Gurr was terrified; Nixon got a kick out of it.
m1dJE TIL a corporation can "own" a color. It's been reported that T-Mobile has filed the most law suits for using a trademarked color.
gmWD TIL the old Scottish word for “clitoris” is “tickleygiblet”
gMGyD TIL Toyota only made 2 convertible 2000GTs. They were specially made for use in a James Bond movie, because Sean Connery was too tall to fit in the standard model.