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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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okvr TIL that in 2009, computer scientists created a system that composes a realistic picture from a simple freehand sketch, pulling photos from the internet: Sketch2Photo

jN9Yj TIL In ancient Rome under times of crisis the senate could appoint a person to have almost complete control of Rome. This person was called a Dictator.

45ZR TIL that over 23% of South Korean men lost their virginity to a prostitute

bdDE TIL that up until the 1960′s, the only reliable pregnancy test was to inject a woman’s urine into a female African clawed frog. If the woman was pregnant, the frog would ovulate within 12 hours.

gMvp9 TIL in the original Greek democracy, elections were seen as undemocratic and oligarchic. To them everyone was equal so they selected their leaders randomly in a process called Sortition.