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TIL in 1995 a Virginia inmate sued himself for $5 million for violating his own civil rights by getting drunk and getting arrested. The judge dismissed the case but congratulated the man on his “innovative approach to civil rights litigation.”

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OMog TIL In 2011 3-D mapping revealed an ancient Mayan city under a Guatemalan rain forest
e0bM6 TIL Modern sudoku was invented in the United States in the 1970s, became a phenomenon in Japan in the 1980s, but didn't appear in a U.S. newspaper until 2004
E8Y7 TIL in 1999, a young trainee surgeon travelled to Kosovo to provide medical help to victims of war. In a strange turn of events, Craig Jurisevic became a Mafia target, and played a part in the bombing of 400 Serbian forces.
KYo4Q TIL the world record for the longest time spent under totality (full solar eclipse) is 74 minutes. A group of scientists rode the supersonic Concorde that flew Mach 2 chasing the 1973 Solar Eclipse over Northern Africa.
VMkek TIL that the song 'Africa' by Toto is actually about a boy "trying to write a song on Africa, but since he's never been there, he can only tell what he's seen on TV or remembers in the past". This explains the apparently inaccurate line about Kilimanjaro rising above the Serengeti.