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TIL British television broadcaster Sky UK trademarks the word 'Sky', anyone who uses them on other media are being sued. Such examples are Sky suing Microsoft for the name, forcing them to change Skydrive to Onedrive, and Hello Games being forced to settle to keep the name No Man's Sky

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mx9JR TIL the only person to die playing baseball is Ray Chapman in 1920 at age 29; he was hit by a pitch and died 12 hours later. His death helped lead to the ban on spitballs after the season and requiring umpires to replace dirty balls. It helped lead to the use of batting helmets albeit 30 years later
XEP7j TIL that paramedics are trained not to run to patients, as walking keeps them calmer on arrival and more likely to take in the situation.
lol8A TIL of Cherophobia. A condition where one fears that being happy can invoke sadness.
yVAoJ TIL of the Juukan Gorge in Western Australia. It is known primarily for a cave that was the only inland site in Australia with evidence of continuous human occupation for over 46,000 years, including through the last Ice Age. The cave was permanently destroyed by mining company Rio Tinto in May 2020
VBw4 TIL a man had multiple plastic surgeries to look exactly like his lover, who later had multiple surgeries of her own, so they could become the same new person.