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TIL the Māori won a lawsuit against Legos because of Bioncles

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XEbAX TIL the astronomer Copernicus was buried in a cathedral in Poland, but the exact location of his remains were forgotten for centuries until they were re-discovered in 2005 under the cathedral floor.
gr90D TIL Prince shares several songwriting credits with his father
kJ7YW TIL that the highest diversity of bee species is found in deserts and other temperate dry regions as opposed to tropical forests. So there are a lot more bee species in the US southwest than in the Amazon, and a lot more in Turkey than in the Congo.
04L TIL that Laurence Fishburne cut all ties with his daughter after she started doing hardcore porn.
jNBmM TIL of Devon Lee who on Feb 23rd, 1885, was attempted to be hung 3 separate times, but all 3 failed due to a faulty door that worked perfectly fine when Lee wasn't on deck. After the 3rd failed attempt, due to the law, he was returned to his cell and eventually acquitted some years later.