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TIL a man once tried to sue New York City for "two undecillion dollars" after being bitten by a dog, having a couple photograph him while being treated for the injury, and being overcharged coffee at the airport

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OGedg TIL in 1967, a documentary filmmaker was shot and killed while filming a miner in Kentucky by the owner of the rented house where the miner lived. The killing was motivated by the growing resentment of journalists who descended upon Appalachia to document living conditions during the War on Poverty.
BgX7k TIL that Irish artist Jim Fitzpatrick created the famous - and somewhat ubiquitous - red, black and white Che Guevara image. Fitzpatrick, aged 16, met Guevara in Ireland too. Fitzpatrick began distributing for free, stating ‘I literally wanted it to breed like rabbits. I wanted it to spread.’
yQ9JJ TIL when Volkswagen entered the US market in 1949, they only managed to sell two cars in their first year.
ADkE4 TIL that the largest known star in existence UY Scuti, is so big, that if it swapped positions with our sun, it would easily engulf the orbits of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars and Jupiter.
xX5 TIL that Maruchan has produced enough ramen that, when laid out end to end, could reach Mars and return to Earth.