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TIL Getty Images, a company infamous for sending threatening letters requesting payment when their photos are used without permission, was sued for more than $1 billion in damages when they mistakenly demanded a “settlement payment” from a photographer for her own work.

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Wnp8 TIL that Yisrael Kristal, due to being unable to do so at age 13 because of WW I, celebrated his bar mitzvah one hundred years later at age 113 in 2016.
ne9Ar TIL that in Ancient Rome, bestiarii, or gladiators who fought animals, often killed themselves rather than fight. In one instance, twenty-nine prisoners strangled each other to death rather than to fight in the arena.
PYGLJ TIL: Playing narrative based video games enhances literacy
LJBZ TIL during WWII, a British army soldier had enough and decided to stand up in open sight and kill a sniper that was targeting his unit. He then continued to single-handedly clear 5 enemy bunkers, all whilst under heavy fire, while his team was standing by.
EPPx TIL that during a five-day battle against mercenaries in the Congo, the besieged Irish Army radioed back to HQ “We will hold out until our last bullet is spent. Could do with some whiskey”.