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TIL that Cuba has a state-run hip-hop label: La Fabri-k

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QP0E TIL 300K miles have been logged in Google’s driverless cars, which use sensors and Google map technology to keep you on the road
OoyXY TIL Muammar Qaddafi had a crush on Condoleezza Rice. Sometimes referring to her as his ‘African princess’, he had a Libyan composer write a song called ‘Black Flower in the White House,’ and had a homemade scrapbook filled with photos of the former U.S. secretary of state.
9EpQ TIL of “l'appel du vide” - “the call of the void” - that weird urge you get to jump when you are on a tall building or high place, looking down.
J1m5m TIL In the US, the shapes of typefaces are not eligible for copyright but can be protected by design patent (15yr term, rarely applied for) Typefaces and their letter forms are considered utilitarian objects whose public utility outweighs any private interest in protecting their creative elements.
XBeD TIL Johnnie Cochrane, when asked if OJ was guilty, said “I wouldn’t believe him if he told me the sun was coming up again tomorrow morning.”