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TIL that the various parties claiming credit for the “COEXIST” logo have been locked in a bitter legal dispute over trademarks and credits for 14 years and are literally not speaking to each other.

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WkgjL TIL of Nick Leeson, a broker who single-handedly bankrupted the UK's oldest merchant bank after losing almost £850 million on the stock market.
R5K8w TIL that some dustpans have ridges on the edge so that you can get stuck stuff off the brush
QNyle TIL Scientists have bred glow-in-the-dark rabbits as part of an effort to improve treatments for life-threatening illnesses. If the rabbits glow it shows that the genetic manipulation technique has worked efficiently
M7B0W TIL: In the classic cartoon strip, Tintin, Tintin is always moving left to right and his opponents are moving right to left. His adventure, "Cigars of the Pharoah," had to be redrawn when it was discovered that this rule was broken.
JYlN4 TIL that in spite of Henry Fords mandate in 1909 that, "Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black.", this was not implemented until 1914. Until then, they were only available in grey, green, blue, and red.