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TIL Samsung defended copying Apple's iPhone by claiming that Apple copied Sony so it didn't count

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l7BMG TIL that Mahatma Ghandi sought the counsel of Leo Tolstoy in 1910, as both were staunch vegetarians, and Ghandi opened "Tolstoy Farm" in South Africa to promote peace, love and balance
x6reB TIL: Cajun Mardi Gras in rural Louisiana is very different than New Orleans Mardi Gras. They speak French, chase chickens, wear handmaid outfits, and go house to house for gumbo ingredients.
LJvZ TIL JFK carried one of his injured crew members through 4 miles in water to a small island after a Japanese ship attacked the vessel he was commanding.
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