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TIL about how you may not actually own the digital content you purchase. Which is bringing to light the issue of digital content being willed to heirs of its deceased owners.

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wLMGE TIL Lenny McLean, who played “Barry the Baptist” in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, was diagnosed with lung cancer while filming and died shortly before the movie’s release (age 49). In response Guy Ritchie had billboards changed to feature McLean and dedicated the film to him.
0wBgy TIL honeybees form a ball around their queen to kill her by overheating her to death if they are no longer able to make offspring, and they do the same to enemy hornets and invading queens who are rejected as a new queen
lyyK TIL that Nutella uses 25% of the world’s supply of hazelnuts.
ba7a TIL It Was Once Someone’s Job to Chat With the King While He Used the Toilet
gMZgW TIL Taco Bell failed to pay two Michigan men who created the Taco Bell Chihuahua mascot, and were court-ordered to pay back $42 million dollars.