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saliczar t1_jeahe1x wrote

Reply to comment by marmorset in TIL over the course of his 23 published adventures, Herge's Tintin was knocked unconscious 43 times. Between 1929 and 1973, he was hit with a rake, a brick, a whisky bottle, an oar, a giant apple, a camel femur, a block of ice, and countless punches and clubs. by morerubberstamps

I did a lot of drugs and extreme sports in my teenage years, plus several freak accidents. My life is awesome now, and I'm extremely happy with how everything turned out, so I wouldn't take any of it back.

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Latyon t1_jeah5ic wrote

Reply to TIL that Kurt Cobain got the inspiration to make Nirvana's famous song "Smells Like Teen Spirit" when Kathleen Hanna, the singer of the band "Bikini Kill" wrote "Kurt smells like teen spirit" on a board. Teen Spirit was a woman's deodorant and he didn't knew it until he was done with the song. by WonderfulWanderer777

Which is funny that that is the case, because all through my childhood whenever I would see that title, I would think, "Is this a song about deodorant or something?" despite not knowing that Teen Spirit was a deodorant.

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HobbitFoot t1_jeah2hl wrote

Reply to comment by wickethewok in TIL that Walt Disney World began as "The Florida Project". Dummy corporations were used, by Walt Disney Productions, to buy up 27,000 acres of land to avoid bursts of land speculation in the Orlando area. Early rumors assumed possible development by NASA, Ford, the Rockefellers, and Howard Hughes. by jdward01

Disney probably got burnt out on its expansion program, including trying and failing to build a theme park in Virginia.

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getbeaverootnabooteh t1_jeagvml wrote

Reply to comment by WilcoHistBuff in TIL over the course of his 23 published adventures, Herge's Tintin was knocked unconscious 43 times. Between 1929 and 1973, he was hit with a rake, a brick, a whisky bottle, an oar, a giant apple, a camel femur, a block of ice, and countless punches and clubs. by morerubberstamps

Maybe Tintin just kept buying new identical-looking fox terriers and naming them Snowy/Milou, just like the Simpson family's Snowball cats numbers I to V.

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Halvus_I t1_jeagpvk wrote

Reply to comment by ProbablyABore in TIL a special law in the UK was created to ensure that the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital will forever be able to collect royalties from stage performances, audiobooks, book releases, etc. of Peter Pan in the UK. This is the only work with an 'exception' to copyright laws. by [deleted]

Perpetual copyright is not legitimate.This is the State vastly overreaching. No one should owe royalties for it.

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beingmesince63 t1_jeagn9h wrote

Reply to comment by _tonsofsoul_ in TIL in order to prevent certain legal instruments from operating in perpetuity, a Royal Lives Clause may be written into a contract which provides a definite but extended period of time usually tied to twenty-one years past the death of last living descendent of the current British monarch. by AudibleNod

Read an amusing comment by a law school student who sat through a boring lecture on this and thought “yea right, who uses this?” and he was thrilled by the maneuver. Law schools are gonna love it.

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beingmesince63 t1_jeagb1j wrote

Reply to TIL in order to prevent certain legal instruments from operating in perpetuity, a Royal Lives Clause may be written into a contract which provides a definite but extended period of time usually tied to twenty-one years past the death of last living descendent of the current British monarch. by AudibleNod

I was just coming here to post TIL about the perpetuity clause. I find the whole CFTOD story and how they were outplayed hilarious.

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DoctorGuvnor t1_jeag5za wrote

Reply to TIL a special law in the UK was created to ensure that the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital will forever be able to collect royalties from stage performances, audiobooks, book releases, etc. of Peter Pan in the UK. This is the only work with an 'exception' to copyright laws. by [deleted]

The royalties bit only actually applies to the UK performances, so when I directed a production here in Australia we donated what would have been the royalties to the Perth Childrens' Hospital as a thank you and to show respect to the author's wishes.

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amtheredothat t1_jeafv61 wrote

Reply to comment by possiblynotanexpert in TIL that Walt Disney World began as "The Florida Project". Dummy corporations were used, by Walt Disney Productions, to buy up 27,000 acres of land to avoid bursts of land speculation in the Orlando area. Early rumors assumed possible development by NASA, Ford, the Rockefellers, and Howard Hughes. by jdward01

Honestly it's pretty possible that Disney would not have let New Orleans fall into such disrepair. They can lobby with the best of them and would have had those levies fixed pronto in 1970 when the issues were discovered.

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panzerfan t1_jeafmjx wrote

Reply to comment by RealisticCommentBot in TIL a special law in the UK was created to ensure that the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital will forever be able to collect royalties from stage performances, audiobooks, book releases, etc. of Peter Pan in the UK. This is the only work with an 'exception' to copyright laws. by [deleted]

Are You perchance trying to irritate us by intentionally mimicking Shakespeare as you creatively misspell the name into 'Shakespear'? This whole storm in a teacup with perpetual copyright exception perhaps irks you as this misspelling would to some of us.

Quite the jab.

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morerubberstamps OP t1_jeafaq9 wrote

Reply to comment by leadchipmunk in TIL over the course of his 23 published adventures, Herge's Tintin was knocked unconscious 43 times. Between 1929 and 1973, he was hit with a rake, a brick, a whisky bottle, an oar, a giant apple, a camel femur, a block of ice, and countless punches and clubs. by morerubberstamps

Nope, countless. Just unending punches. Just when you think Tintin is done getting punched - Bam! another punch.

And don't get me started on the clubs.

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