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TIL That the Happy Birthday song was Copyrighted until 2016

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OOa7 TIL a new ant species was discovered in 2012 in Manhattan and is called the ManhattAnt.
69gVl TIL in Japan and Korea there is a strong belief that blood type is linked to personality.
8a8RX TIL The most successful Bond movie ever is Thunderball released back in 1965. The movie made over $141 million which amounts than $1 billion today when inflation is adjusted.
4XEGb TIL cartographers protect their intellectual property by slipping fake streets, or even entire towns, into their maps. If the street/town shows up on another map, they know it was stolen. Dictionary writers have been known to do the same thing with fake words.
W7jnY TIL elephant babies suck on their trunks for comfort.