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XEKVP TIL of the crazy story of the colonial Australian Judge who refused to acknowledge the validity of any colonial law that contradicted British Law. Eventually he was removed from office and the British had to pass a law to specifically say that colonial laws were valid.
nDXo TIL Sir James Milne Wilson achieved the extremely rare feat of being both born on 29 February and dying on 29 February.
V7Wp TIL: A man named John Horrocks was shot by his camel, and died later from gangrene. Before his death he ordered the camel to also be shot. This means the only recorded gunfight between a camel and a man technically ended in a draw.