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TIL about Roy Pearson, a judge who sued his dry cleaners for $54 million after he accused them of losing his pants

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ANP8B TIL of the Association of Persecutees of the Nazi Regime which was accused of spying for the west in East Germany and of being a communist front organization in West Germany.
e0r15 TIL the ocean liner "Stockholm" that collided with and sunk the Italian liner "Andrea Doria" in 1956 is still in use today as a cruise ship
rjLd TIL that a 2005 research by the University of Miami on lethal injections in the U.S. found that the post mortem blood concentration of anaesthetic (Sodium thiopental) in 43 out of 49 executed inmates were lower than that required for surgery. 21 inmates had concentrations consistent with awareness.
9bjG TIL test audiences for Good Night and Good Luck thought the actor playing McCarthy was too over the top, not realizing that the film used actual archive footage of McCarthy himself.
n5wb TIL that the Simpsons were doing Butterfinger commercials a year before the show started, and that Milhouse originated in the second commercial.