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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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b9Aw4 TIL avocados evolved to be eaten whole by herbivore dinosaurs, who would then poop out the pit to a new location, spreading the trees; after dinosaur extinction, the plant narrowly hung on in a small part of Mesoamerica until humans discovered the fruit and started cultivating them widely
VM1DQ TIL of Stingy Jack. He was banned from Heaven and Hell when he died. Forced to walk the Earth in darkness, the Devil gave him an ember from Hell. Jack carved a turnip and out the ember inside to light his way. They called him Jack of the Lantern, or Jack-O-Lantern.
EgVjP TIL until 2019, the Verve was forced to give up all their royalties and music credit rights for their 1997 hit song "Bitter Sweet Symphony" due to copyright dispute with ABKCO Studios head Allen Klein over the band's sampling of the Rolling Stone's "The Last Time" in their music.
W7d1d TIL that one of the reasons for the title “Final Fantasy” is the fact that Square Enix was under threat of bankruptcy, meaning that the game may have been their last.
1Bw8 TIL after his horse was deemed unfit to run a grueling 100 mile equestrian race, Gordy Ainsleigh ran it by foot, completed it, and thus launched ultra marathons.