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TIL Kylie Jenner lost a trade mark battle against international pop star Kylie Minogue in 2017. Jenner was informed that Minogue had owned the Kylie.com domain since 1996, a year before Jenner was even born.

8mZb TIL that the word “lethologica” describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.
kYOm TIL that Nero did not “fiddle” during the Great Fire of Rome. Upon hearing news of the fire, Nero rushed back to Rome to organize a relief effort. He opened his palaces to provide shelter for the homeless, arranging for food supplies to be delivered in order to prevent starvation among the survivors
b9jP4 TIL about "Cryptomnesia", where forgotten memories or ideas return to an individual and are interpreted as being new and original. It can result in unintentional self-plagiarism, and in some individuals, a sincere belief that they possess clairvoyant abilities.
ZpKL4 TIL In his original concept drawings for Oscar the Grouch, creator Jim Henson imagined a magenta monster. Due to the limitations of early color television, Oscar was redesigned with orange fur for his premiere on the first season of Sesame Street in 1969, and changed to green for the second season.
Mbxm TIL in 1987 a robbery suspect in Sacramento fled into a darkened movie theater to escape police. He became so engrossed in the movie, Robocop, that he failed to notice that police had evacuated all other patrons from the theatre. When the lights flipped on, the stunned man was taken into custody.