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TIL filmmaker Spike Lee sued Viacom, claiming that the name of the Spike TV channel exploited his public persona.

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d4BQ TIL that Medieval monks would often complain about their jobs by writing “bitchy comments” in the margins of the manuscripts they had to copy- for example, “I am very cold,” “Oh, my hand,” and “Now I’ve written the whole thing: for Christ’s sake give me a drink.”
wy1o TIL that millionaire Jimi Heselden bought the Segway company in 2010 then died the same year from falling off an 80 foot cliff on a Segway
ADVd4 TIL the word “Kudos” isn’t plural. Or, it didn’t used to be. And I’m saying it wrong. And I’m not.
BgN6b TIL that Aaliyah released her first LP at 15, titled "Age Ain't Nothing but a Number" ...written and produced by R. Kelly
BYAx TIL American bars first began offering complimentary hard-boiled eggs in the mid-1800s. The idea was to give customers sustenance so they wouldn’t become sloppy drunks, and at the same time making the customers thirsty so they would order more drinks