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TIL that Lions once roamed in Southern Europe, mainly Ancient Greece, the Balkans and southern Russia.

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9YwaB TIL" George Washington allegedly said before his death that he "would never set foot on English soil again," so when they erected a statue of him in London, they put US soil under the statue to honor that claim
VMPVk TIL a VA man sued himself for $5m, claiming that he violated his own civil rights by committing crimes and being sent to prison. He asked the state to pay the $5m on his behalf since he was a ward of the state.
lom1K TIL the Titanic's watertight compartments likely caused its rapid sinking by keeping too much water weight in the bow of the boat. Without the compartments, the ship would have remained horizontal and taken several hours to sink allowing nearby ships to rescue all passengers in time.
b9bK9 TIL that the New York Times bestseller list is legally considered "editorial content," allowing the Times to exclude or include any book they want regardless of sales
b6MKp TIL a patent application was filed for a butt-kicking machine comprising of a seat with a hole in the center, which the user sits upon with his or her posterior exposed to a butt-kicking mechanism located under the seat, which kicks the user in the posterior. This is US Patent Appl. No. 10/977,894.