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TIL Lush owns the patent for bubble bars. [15:55]

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4JBN TIL that in 2012, Specialized Bicycles sued Volagi, a company started by its former employees, over the design of their Liscio road bike. After paying $2.5m for the lawsuit, Specialized was awarded $1.00 in damages.
76m7 TIL Prince once rented Carlos Boozer’s house in LA, then proceeded to renovate it without permission, then gave Carlos Boozer $1 million to undo the renovations.
roXW TIL in 1930 two brothers created the first car radio which was called a “motorized victrola” which they shortened to Motorola.
9Y0oX TIL in 1864 when Congress reintroduced the Nickel currency bill they wanted the likeness of Clark on the bill, in reference to soldier William Clark, however the head of the Currency Bureau Spencer M. Clark used his own likeness, which directly led to the abolishment of the Nickel currency bill.
v858 TIL Movie posters are printed on both sides to increase saturation of the colors when back-lit in a movie poster case [example in the comments]