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TIL after the parishioners of a North Texas Anti-Vaccination Megachurch suffered a measles outbreak in 2013, the church leader issued the following statement: “So I’m going to tell you what the facts are, and the facts are the facts, but then we know the truth. That always overcomes facts”

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Bgr5D TIL a commercial for the Cocoa Pebbles cereal led Hulk Hogan to sue the company. The commercial had a character named Hulk Boulder fighting Flinstones characters. He claimed it damaged his reputation and used his image. Hogan and the company came to an agreement to never show the ad again.
dvNd TIL when the allied forces were signing the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, the Canadian general blind in one eye mistakenly signed below his signature line, forcing every person after him to sign one space below. The Japanese found it unacceptable.
GYn5g TIL That in 1979, Australia Fined NASA $400 for littering after after debris from a The spacecraft "Skylab" landed in Western Australia. NASA never paid. 30 years later a Californian radio DJ raised funds from his listeners and paid NASA’s bill.
e0yXE TIL In the 90s, "Cheers" lookalike bars were built in airports across the county, complete with animatronic patrons inspired by Norm and Cliff, which triggered George Wendt and John Ratzenberger to sue for copyright and trademark infringement.
8akRG TIL Francisco Goya, depressed and having survived 2 life threatening illnesses in his later years, decorated his house with 14 "black paintings" with bleak themes. The famous "Saturn Devouring His Son" was a mural in his dining room