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Today I learned that the word "webinar" is trademarked.

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yVGJM TIL that Burgess Meredith’s last role was in Grumpier Old Men (1995), he developed Alzheimer’s but made it through the film with the help of coaching. He would die two years later in 1997.
y9ow TIL that during the English Civil War, Lady Mary Bankes defended a castle from over 200 attackers with only five men under her initial command. She would be reinforced by 80 royalists and would hold against a total 600 men for three years before being betrayed and forced to surrender.
5VYGP TIL the baby boomers in the 1940s were the first to be dressed in the sex-specific clothing that Americans are familiar with today. Boys and girls were dressed like miniature men and women instead of uniformly in children’s dresses. Pink became the girls’ color, blue the boys’.
5YrEr TIL that in Fahrenheit 451 the government didn't burn books because they were an oppressive dictatorship. The people voted to ban the books because they had short attention spans didn't want to be offended
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