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TIL comedian Katt Williams was sued in 2012 by fans for "non-performance." He performed a long-winded rant for roughly ten minutes, challenged an audience member to a fight, and angered fans paying upwards of $94.

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VM7ZB TIL William Walker was a mercenary from Tennessee, who organized several military expeditions into Latin America. He usurped the presidency of Nicaragua in 1856. And ruled over there for 1 year, making him the first and only American president in a Latino country
16bEO TIL that when St. Patrick was 16, he was captured by Irish pirates and sold as a slave in Ireland. He escaped after six years, attended seminary, and after becoming a priest, he chose to return to the land where he had been enslaved, eventually bringing Christianity to Ireland.
MeZG8 TIL that Sweden had a chance at Norways oil resources for 40% of Volvo back in the late 70s, but Volvo shareholders believed it was being sold too cheap and declined. Norway oil fund is now over 1 trillion $ and Volvo was sold in 2010 to a Chinese company for 1.8 billion.
oB9KE TIL that Oxford University tradition is that all students wear a carnation as well as academic dress to their exams. The colour of the carnation is white for the first exam, red for the last and pink for each one in between.
awVDo TIL that an Arizona Senator candidate got away with murdering his Mom & Sister. Claims it was self defense, yet the bodies of his mom and sister were found in their rooms to have died of being shot in there sleep. He claims he killed them in his room after his mother shot at him.