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TIL that the Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind will be in the Public Domain in 2020.

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VmLZ TIL the wild turkey was only 1 vote away from beating the bald eagle as America’s national bird
kJx47 TIL that in 1997, two artists held an opinion poll to determine what types of music the public loved or hated the most. They then released a 22-minute song designed to be as hated as possible, featuring bagpipes, opera singing, tubas, Walmart product placement, and a rap about Ludwig Wittgenstein.
KOOpG Not yet, though we've been trying to do so since at least the 1970s.
mxeKY TIL The dot placed over the lowercase letters i and j is known as a Tittle
npNG TIL In 2014, Journalist Serena Shim died in ‘suspicious’ car crash two days after exposing ISIS facility at Turkish border