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TIL Enigma's 1994 global megahit "Return To Innocence", plagiarized the polyphonic Amis language vocals of Difang and Igay Duana, indigenous people of Taiwan. They sued and Enigma settled for an undisclosed amount, acknowledging their writing and performing, and paying royalties going forward.

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QJBbk TIL about Axel Wenner-Gren, a Swedish multimillionaire who established a private island residence in the Caribbean. Rumors during WWII suggested he was giving safe harbor to German U-boats and he was investigated by British intelligence. It is believed Ian Fleming partially based Dr No on him.
6EWgJ TIL Matels iconic Barbie Doll design was actually born in Germany in 1952. The inspiration for Americas most famous doll was a saucy highend prostitute named Lilli. Originally a comic-strip character, the Bild Lilli doll became so popular she was immortalized in plastic & sold as an adult novelty.
RpB7 TIL that North Korea uses a fax machine to send threats to South Korea.
QNKke TIL that Bayer knowingly sold HIV tainted blood products to 3rd world hemophiliacs because they decided the financial investment of the product was considered too high to destroy
X0ZNQ TIL When Stephen King published Joyland in 2013, a Canadian author who had earlier published a novel of the same name started receiving royalty checks because of King fans mistakenly buying her book