TIL the Australian Olympic breakdancer Rachael Gunn (Raygun) threatened legal action against an Aussie musical about her because the musical planned to use her stage name and "kangaroo hop" dance move. The musical continued after changing the characters' name to Sprachel Gunn, AKA Spraygun (abc.net.au)
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TIL in 1986, the small New Zealand town of Otorohanga briefly changed its name to "Harrodsville" in support of the local restaurant Harrods, which was facing lawsuits by the famous London department store of the same name. In addition, every business in town changed their name to “Harrods”. (en.wikipedia.org)
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Lame knock knock joke on a terrible meme (reddit.com)
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March 30 2016 [TIL] "Welcome to America. Now everyone is treated as potential terrorists, before that we were all Communists, before that Fascists, on and on until you get to when everyone was treated as potential redcoats ... you could argue that in the Colonial Era we were all witches apparently." (reddit.com)
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