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TIL: Every lawsuit against Borat (the movie) was dismissed. There were dozens of $100k+ lawsuits

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YJwW TIL that early in its history, sperm donation had a taste test as part of the screening process.
VBnvB TIL that in the UK, a thick beef paste called Bovril is spread on toast or reconstituted into “beef tea.” It’s name comes from the Latin bovinus, for ox; and vril, a substance from a late 1800s novel used by a secret master race to give them special powers.
Opm4 TIL that in 1999, hackers revealed a security flaw in Hotmail that permitted anybody to log into any Hotmail account using the password ‘eh’.
5mxP TIL: One night, Richard Nixon left the White House to visit the Lincoln Memorial. While there, he engaged in a political debate with students in DC protesting the Vietnam War.
W7X68 TIL Paramount studio set three conditions for the casting of Marlon Brando in The Godfather: He would have to take a fee below what he usually received; he would have to agree to accept financial responsibility for any production delays his behavior cost; and he had to submit to a screen test.