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TIL when a Massachusetts mall let a Qdoba open there, another tenant -- Panera -- sued. Panera had the exclusive right to sell sandwiches and argued that Qdoba's burritos violated that right. The judge disagreed and ruled that a burrito is not a sandwich.

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nWlWY TIL about the Comanche horse culture. They called them “God Dogs”. They became currency, transportation, means of warfare, food and more. They were so revered that when having intercouse with their wives, warriors would whinny like stallions.
4kP0R TIL the first recorded human fatality attributed to a leopard seal occurred in 2003 when biologist Kirsty Brown was killed by one while conducting research snorkeling in Antarctica. The animal drowned her by holding her underwater for around six minutes at a depth of up to 230 feet (70m).
mxbAR TIL about Phineas Gage who survived a traumatic brain injury when an iron rod was driven through his entire skull, destroying much of his frontal lobe.
rRBG1 TIL Shia LaBeouf was caught plagerizing Daniel Clowes work, in response he tweeted apologises that were later discovered to be plagerized from public figures, including Nick Clegg. When called out by Lena Dunham for his sky writing apology to Clowe, he apologised to her using her own apology tweets.
41ko TIL in 1857 a group of Mormon militiamen in Utah dressed as Indians and slaughtered a group of 137 travelers in a wagon train crossing to California, killing all except the youngest children, who they spared and tried to raise as their own.