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TIL After regretting supporting the internment camps, Dr. Seuss dedicated Horton Hears a Who to a Japanese friend as an apology.

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m1ZWo TIL Levi's allegedly wanted to use the Dead Kennedys song "Holiday in Cambodia" for a jeans commercial. Or so former lead singer Jello Biafra claims, the rest of the band claims this was an attempt to discredit them due to owed royalties.
GADRJ TIL In 1995, 23 states had passed congressional term limits, limiting the amount of time their congressman can serve in office.
VM8a8 TIL that Tuvalu (a Pacific island nation) leased the rights to the .tv domain in 1999 for $50 million; the deal trebled their entire national income, and one of the first things they bought was a membership in the United Nations
e0RLE TIL the Catholic Church has accepted the Big Bang theory and Darwinian evolution since 1950.
nVrB TIL: The IRS could automatically file your taxes for you, but tax preparation companies (Intuit, Turbotax) lobbied against its use