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TIL the man who wrote the Patriot Act is on the Board of Directors of News Corp

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g8NW TIL the theme from ‘New York, New York’ was played over the loudspeakers at both the original and current Yankee Stadiums at the end of every Yankee home game. They played the Sinatra version if they won, the Liza Minnelli version if the lost – until Minnelli herself complained.
6EXd8 TIL Mehmed the Conqueror requested his father, who had abdicated earlier, to come back and claim the throne in time of trouble by saying: "If you are the Sultan, come and lead your armies. If I am the Sultan I hereby order you to come and lead my armies."
dDMYB TIL that the labels on Angostura bitters bottles are intentionally annoying. The original brothers entered a competition and due to a miscommunication, wound up with wrong size labels. A friendly judge suggested the brothers make that label their signature. The advice stuck.
LQX6V TIL that 95 percent of southern Louisiana is corporate owned.
x67rD TIL there is some chimpanzee populations that inhabit the savanna and act differently then the forest populations for example using caves, filtering drinking water, walking more on two legs than forest chimpz do and more. There is an Arte documentary on YouTube with them filtering water.