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TIL Momus was sued by (sexually reassigned) Wendy Carlos for $22 million for Momus's song "Walter Carlos", which suggested that Wendy could timetravel back to marry her pre-surgery self, Walter. Momus's next album was crowdfunded sketches in the style of 'Walter Carlos', to pay the legal fees.

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NwQe TIL a bully dropped 7 year old Mike Tyson’s glasses in a truck’s gas tank and tried to steal his meatballs. Several years later, Tyson came back and “beat him in the streets like a fucking dog.”
ax8N TIL of the Blood Bikes, a network of UK organisations that consist of volunteer bikers who transport donated blood, breastmilk and organs quickly between hospitals
Lkwn9 TIL that the highest point on mainland Denmark is a hill named Møllehøj at 170.86 m (561 ft).
dngK TIL that Gatling gun salesmen would go to Civil War battlefields in order to demonstrate their products in actual combat.
VKa0 TIL in 1924, the first Olympic Winter Games, Canada scored 132 goals and let in 3 in the entire ice hockey competition.