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TIL only female mosquitoes are the ones that suck blood for egg production. Males just sip on plant juices

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oZ9W TIL that a woman once sued WalMart for 2 cents and won.
R7Vg1 TIL that in 1971, a US man named Gerald Mayo filed a lawsuit in the District Court of Pennsylvania. He was suing Satan, for making him fall down. The judge rejected "Mayo v Satan", pointing out that Mayo did not provide appropriate directions for the US Marshals to serve the summons to Satan.
rK4 TIL that until 1987 all media stations were legally required to provide fair and balanced coverage to controversial issues
oavL TIL that Roman Emperor Augustus witnessed a man attempt to feed a slave to lamprey eels as a punishment for breaking a cup. Augustus freed the slave and had the rest of the man’s cups broken.
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