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TIL Microsoft Sued the creators Lindows [a linux distro designed to be compatible with Windows] only to Pay THEM $20MM for the trademark rights

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9bmG TIL Babies have an innate swimming reflex where they hold their breath and slow their heart rate in water until they are 6 months old.
8a9JL TIL James Gunn’s live action Scooby Doo (2002) was originally a Rated R adult film full of edgy humor, drugs and sex jokes until Warner Brothers made him edit it down to a clean cut PG children’s film.
Gpp5 TIL Japan’s Unit 731, during WWII infected prisoners with tiger blood, anthrax and other diseases/viruses, amputated limbs without anesthesia and tested weapons on live prisoners. The research notes were given to the US in exchange for immunity post war…
9YLNr TIL Pete Maravich said “I don’t want to play 10 years in the NBA and die of a heart attack at age 40.” and then played in the NBA for exactly 10 years and later died at age 40.
kJ5Ad TIL 4% of people have never had a headache