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TIL That the Susan G. Komen foundation for Breast Cancer Cure have been suing hundreds of small charities for using the word "for a cure" in their names or the color pink (huffingtonpost.com)

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p8ABe TIL Popcorn was not allowed in movie theaters before 1927. With ornate architectural designs and costly seats, theater owners believed that popcorn was messy and would ruin the first-rate atmosphere they strived to create. When movies added sound, owners discovered the profitability of popcorn.
bQYQ TIL there are 1,584 people in the US names Seven, but virtually none named Six.
0wpdM TIL in the 1940s the musicians of America went on strike against major recording companies. Eventually, the major labels ran out of back catalogue to release and settled with the musicians, but the years without royalties effectively ended the big band era.
njYY TIL Vultures and Condors are not actually closely related, but superficially similar only due to convergent evolution.
v6g7 TIL over 2 million women were raped by the Russian Army after the fall of Nazi Germany.