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TIL: US District Judge William Alsup learnt Java in order to better judge the Oracle vs. Google case

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WBgL TIL the movie ‘Charade’ (1963) entered the public domain immediately upon release because Universal Pictures published it with an invalid copyright notice
Nm4b TIL after an Indian king was insulted for his ethnicity by an employee while visiting a Rolls-Royce showroom in London he ordered that 6 luxury cars be bought and sent back to India to be used as garbage collectors throughout the city, damaging Rolls-Royce’s reputation and profits.
wLZyM TIL wearing a blindfold for at least 12 hours can induce visual hallucinations, including complex scenery and frightening entities.
oRx4A TIL of NYC's Clean Car Program: after years of unsuccessfully preventing tagging of parked subway cars, NYC changed its approach in 1984. Any cars with graffiti were cleaned within two hours or removed from service. The last graffiti covered car was removed from service on May 12, 1989.
75rP TIL the creator of Wonder Woman was in a polyamorous relationship with two feminists, whom where his inspirations