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TIL Brazil police sniper nearly shot officer during 2014 World Cup opening. Sniper asked permission to open fire on an armed man seen approaching Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff. Permission was denied and the suspect turned out to be another policeman.

by whatilearned June 25, 2022, 4:57 pm

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TIL while the UK’s blockade of Africa was largely successful in stopping the Atlantic Slave Trade, the United States was a long-term hold-out and refused permission for the British to search their ships for slaves. Because of this, many slavers flew fake American flags to continue the trade.

by whatilearned June 24, 2022, 2:46 pm

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Presentation for permission to cuss (r/NoStupidQuestions)

by CopyPastaArchive June 10, 2022, 7:54 am

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TIL in Vermont, there is still a law from 1856 that requires women to get permission from their husbands before getting false teeth.

by whatilearned June 5, 2022, 6:11 pm

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Ladies how attractive is it if he asks for your permission before kissing you for the first time?

by QuestionGuy May 30, 2022, 3:12 am

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TIL NASA logo merchandise has been seeing growing demand since 2017, when Coach asked permission to use NASA’s 1970s-designed, retro red logo type for its collection and then approval requests doubled. NASA doesn’t make a cent off merchandise bearing its name

by whatilearned May 15, 2022, 4:26 am

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TIL James Cameron was refused permission by the Picasso Estate to use Les Demoiselles d’Avignon but he used it anyways. Its depiction in Titanic suggested the painting sank to the bottom of the ocean did not please the Picasso estate

by whatilearned May 10, 2022, 11:32 pm

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TIL Captain Robert Campbell whilst a prisoner of the Germans in WW1 asked the Kaiser to visit his dying mother in England. Surprisingly he was given permission, provided he returned to prison afterwards. He did

by whatilearned April 27, 2022, 12:27 pm

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TIL that Family Guy once used footage from a 9-year-old YouTube video in one of its episodes without permission from the owner. The owner’s original clip was then removed from Youtube for copyright infringement.

by whatilearned April 26, 2022, 7:19 pm

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TIL Kayne sampled “Avril 14th” by Aphex Twin without permission and when Richard D James offered to re-record it for them, they replied ‘It’s not yours, it’s ours, and we’re not even asking you any more.’

by whatilearned April 14, 2022, 8:44 pm

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TIL the hit version of “Tom’s Diner” was remixed by the group DNA and circulated to clubs without the permission of the artist Suzanne Vega or her label. When Vega heard the remix, she advised the label to buy it and officially release it rather than sue the group for copyright infringement.

by whatilearned April 5, 2022, 12:01 am

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TIL that there is a Polish soup called czernina that’s made with duck blood and other ingredients. Traditionally, this soup was served to men who were rejected after asking for permission to wed their significant other.

by whatilearned February 26, 2022, 12:43 am

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