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TIL that use of the word "Piracy" to describe copyright infringement is actually centuries old.

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DldD TIL when United Airlines baggage handlers broke a musician’s valued guitar and then spent a year refusing to pay for repairs, he wrote a song called “United Breaks Guitars” that got over 16 million hits on YouTube, caused United stock to sink 10%, and finally forced them to pay $3,000 compensation.
kdE4 TIL Tania Head, a well known 9/11 survivor, faked being in the South Tower during the attacks and served as President of The WTC Survivors Network before people found out she was lying. She was not even in the United States during the attacks.
BrQNd TIL The word ‘orange’ was used as the name of the fruit for around 200 years before being used as a colour.
66DZ TIL in 2009, Tropicana OJ saw a 20% decrease in sales after redesigning their labels. They quickly changed back to their old labels, with no explanation for the drop in sales.
b9Rm9 TIL that the WWF wrestler Ludwig Borga AKA Tony Halme released a rap album whilst working as a representative in the Finnish Parliament