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TIL Mattel filed a lawsuit against Aqua’s record claiming that their hit song “Barbie Girl” damaged their Barbie brand. After finding MCA Records not guilty, the Judge concluded his opinion by writing “The parties are advised to chill.”

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yV0jl TIL of "Monsun Gruppe". A WW2 German submarine force operating in the Pacific and Indian ocean. It was the only theatre of war where German and Japanese forces fought together.
4k9VN TIL the founders of Adidas (Adolf Dassler) and Puma (Rudolf Dassler) were not only rivals in business, but both were members of the Nazi Party and are brothers who had an intense sibling rivalry.
nRer TIL a railroad tunnel in the Canadian Rockies is so straight that one can see daylight from the other end over 5 miles away
e6Kk TIL: A “Blue Moon” does Not refer to the second full moon of a month, but the fourth full moon of a season. The common misconception became popular in the 1940s.
XYPQ TIL that in 1958, the Navy expected its human-level A.I. “to be finished in about a year at a cost of $100,000.”