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TIL that Lanai - the sixth largest Hawaiian Island - is 98% owned by a single individual, billionaire Oracle founder Larry Ellison.

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yVBaX TIL due to copyright laws, the original black & white Mickey Mouse is free to use, but colored Mickey Mouse is still owned by Disney until 2035.
gM5O9 TIL Pablo Escobar's Holding Company Sells a Fold-able Phone Which Comes With a Copy of His Auto-Biography Titled "I Made Billions Selling Coke Now My Smartphones Will Destroy Apple and Samsung"
VMP1Z TIL in 1935 "Happy Birthday to You" was copyrighted with a value of 5M making it illegal to sing. In 2016 a federal judge ruled that the copyright was not valid and the song had no other claim to copyright, placing it in the public domain, and making it free to sing for all.
eN45 TIL the Pope is only considered to be infallible when he speaks ex cathedra…which has only happened twice.
OG8Xa TIL the European Space Agency has a recipe book of 70 alcohol-free, space-themed drinks.