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Elon May Have a Huge Issue Because Microsoft Owns the “X” Trademark

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In 1991, Apple Computer made an agreement to pay Apple Records $26 million in exchange for letting Apple Computer use the "Apple" trademark for music. But that was long before iTunes, they wanted the Apple trademark for their computer chimes. Apple Records agreed to let Apple Computer use the Apple trademark for music as long as it did not "package, sell or distribute physical music materials."

Much later, iTunes was developed and Apple Records sued Apple Computer. Eventually a judge sided with Apple Computer, pointing out that iTunes did not package, sell or distribute physical music materials. Thus, Apple Records couldn't get another bite of that Apple....

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Man who shot YouTuber on video at Dulles Town Center found not guilty by jury

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You don't have a monopoly on reasonableness. Twelve jurors, not Redditors, agreed that the YouTuber was behaving aggressively, and violence is a common response to aggression.

And the YouTuber's entire shtick is to make people think they might be in danger, by not letting them back away. Because that's how fights commonly start. If he did the same routine ten feet away from his victims, the whole shtick would fail.

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Just 12 per cent of people eat half of the beef consumed in the US

What a weird study. They only asked participants what they ate in the past 24 hours.

So that means a small proportion of people eat half the beef consumed on a given day. For that matter, a small proportion of people probably eat most of the strawberries consumed on a given day.

The title implies that there is a small group of people eating most of the beef produced in the US. But people don't usually eat the same thing every day. So the study only shows that most Americans are unlikely to eat beef today.

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Biden-Harris Administration Announces $15.5 Billion to Support a Strong and Just Transition to Electric Vehicles, Retooling Existing Plants, and Rehiring Existing Workers

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I certainly do not understand what concept of fucking justice that is related to.

This concept of justice:

higher scores will be given to projects that are likely to retain collective bargaining agreements and/or those that have an existing high-quality, high-wage hourly production workforce, such as applicants that currently pay top quartile wages in their industry.

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Alabama wants to be the 1st state to execute a prisoner by making him breathe only nitrogen

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Nitrogen hypoxia is a risk wherever liquid nitrogen is used. If too much boils too fast, it will displace the oxygen in the room. People in the room won't even realize what happened until they pass out and die shortly thereafter.

There are reports of people rushing in to rescue those who passed out, and suddenly passing out themselves and needing to be rescued as well. That's how insidious it is. And that's why MRI scanners (which use liquid nitrogen) have oxygen sensors in the room. You can't trust your own body to tell you that all the oxygen is gone.

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Trans model and actor is crowned Miss Netherlands and will compete for Miss Universe

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