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ZKlY TIL the song “Happy Birthday” is no longer in copyright and Warner Music has been sued for hundreds of millions of dollars in improperly collected royalties
P1WoO TIL in the 19th and early 20th centuries the British army maintained a network of "lock hospitals" established to manage the spread of STDs around colonial military installations due to the prevalence of venereal diseases amongst British troops. India had lock hospitals on the larger bases.
grWy9 TIL that you don’t need a state driver’s license to compete in NASCAR.
Llrr TIL that the CIA wanted to commit acts of terrorism inside the US in order to gain support for a war against communist Cuba.
ddxQ TIL While serving as the POTUS in 2002, President Bush choked on a pretzel causing him to lose consciousness and hitting his head on the way down. The only reason he survived is because the pretzel dissolved allowing air to enter back into his lungs where he regained consciousness.