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TIL that Mattel sued Danish band Aqua over the song "Barbie Girl" claiming that the song violated their trademark and ruined their brand. The case was dismissed after it was ruled that the song was protected under the First Amendment, with the judge saying "The parties are advised to chill."

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1beO TIL baseball catcher Dave Bresnahan threw a potato to deceive a baserunner into being tagged by the ball. The league banned him but fan-support forced the club to retire his number. At his retirement ceremony he said “Gehrig played 2130 games & hit 340; all I had to do was bat .140 & throw a potato”
4XQw TIL That E=mc^2 is actually technically wrong, and that the real equation is E^2=m^2c^4 + P^2c^2 and by trying to find the energy, you need to squareroot, and it shows the possible existence of anti-particles.
DQn4v TIL by simply paying off the Mexican Navy, bucheros, or the local illegal fisherman, have reduced the smallest dolphin in the world, vaquita marina, to a number of 8. Many believe the animal is just a myth.
REa9 TIL : there is an ongoing electrical storm in Venezuela ( Catatumbo lightning ) that’s been going on for years
v1M5D TIL the Rolling Stones’ first No. 1 single, '(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction', was written, in part, by Keith Richards during a dream. Apparently, while asleep, he started rolling a tape and playing guitar, and the next morning he listened back and was satisfied with about 30 seconds of the riff.