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TIL that the Happy Birthday song was placed into the public domain in September, 2015.

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RJl9 TIL that MLB pitcher Daniel Norris lives off just $800 a month, despite a million dollar salary. He says “Who am I to deserve that? What have I really done?” and “I’m actually more comfortable being kind of poor.”
MeWMa TIL in 2013 a Nike ad featuring Oscar Pistorius and the slogan "I am the bullet in the chamber" was pulled from Pistorius' site after he was charged with murder for fatally shooting his girlfriend.
Y7mNZ TIL a glue fire in 1889 destroyed 31 blocks of Seattle's Pioneer Square neighborhood. The streets were later elevated, leaving a network of unused underground passageways and basements.
Xy5r TIL the Empire State Building generates more revenue from the observation deck than all the commercial tenants in the remaining 101 floors combined.
wLP6P TIL a group of 30 Suffragettes taught themselves jiu-jitsu to defend against assaults from crowds and police.