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TIL Ralph Nader sued General Motors for harassment in 1970 after GM attempted to blackmail him to suppress his outspoken criticism of automobile safety. He won and used the $425m judgement to found an organization which was instrumental in the creation of OSHA and the Freedom of Information Act.

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l76Aa TIL that the HBO Feature Presentation intro song has an official full length version with lyrics
wAKW TIL that US military operations during the 2003 Iraq invasion were originally conducted under the codename Operation Iraqi Liberation. They later changed it to Operation Iraqi Freedom because of the acronym.
neD7Y TIL That Mae West, the Pre-Code Queen, got arrested multiple times for obscenity, even having her play “Drag” taken off Broadway for having homosexual content. She went on to become one of the most famous film stars of the 1930s, being the originator of the phrase “Come up and see me sometime.”
pPbO TIL a surgeon was able to keep a chicken’s heart tissue alive for over 20 years without it being attached to a body, deeming the cells, “immortal.”
JYZ41 TIL Blood Donors Aren’t Getting Paid, But Their Blood Is Being Sold. Blood is sold to hospitals, biomedical companies, academic centers, and pharmaceutical companies.