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TIL A Welsh man has gone broke trying to defend himself again PETA, who are suing him for the copyright of a selfie taken by a Macaque in Indonesia. I just…I don’t have words.

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VBp6G TIL a woman named Sara Jane Moore tried to kill U.S. president Gerald Ford. She was in prison for 32 years. When asked about her crime in an interview, Moore stated, "I am very glad I did not succeed. I know now that I was wrong to try."
loGwN TIL the song "867-5309/Jenny" produced a glut of prank calls to unlucky folks who happened to have that phone number across the country
P1JYG TIL "Up in the Air, Junior Birdmen" wasn't just a nonsense ditty but was the theme song of a national organization started by the Hearst newspaper chain, and had 578,000 members at it peak in 1937
wdZ6 TIL it is illegal in Australia for a minor to purchase plastic knives
VBg8B TIL When you open your eyes in a prefectly dark room you don't see black, but " eigengrau ", a shafe of grey