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TIL Livestock covers 45% of the Earth’s total land

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ep0K6 TIL A woman once sued herself for the wrongful death of her husband. The district court threw out the suit saying that you can't sue yourself, but the case appealed to the supreme court who ruled that you can.
b6v9E TIL that in State funerals in the United Kingdom, the gun carriage bearing the coffin is drawn by sailors from the Royal Navy rather than horses as seen in the ceremonial funerals.
rRGoe TIL Sweden and Spain got into an argument in 1434 about who was more Gothic and deserving of higher honors. The Swedes claimed direct descent from the Goths. The Spanish claimed that only lazy Goths had stayed in Scandinavia while the heroic ones conquered Spain.
vPa4j TIL during WWII fighter pilot James Jabara engaged a German aircraft, they collided in mid-air, and when both pilots safely floated to the ground, they met and shook hands.
RBYQ TIL that the second largest Japanese population outside of Japan is in Brazil