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TIL That the United States can, and has, sued objects.

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NmJN TIL that Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein published a best-selling romance novel that spawned a twenty-episode TV series and a stage musical.
16lZd TIL the common degu can use tools and will spontaneously stack objects in order of decreasing size, and is the first animal to be recorded displaying these these behaviors other than apes and birds
bMmp TIL that actor Matthew Broderick killed 2 women due to careless driving in 1987 while on holiday in Ireland. He was ordered to pay $175 and served no time in prison.
loZeA TIL in 2014, Ice Cube got his name on an actual Goodyear Blimp. But it didn't read "Ice Cube's a Pimp". It read "IT'S A GOOD DAY." instead.
rNLNM TIL a town in Colorado had an unelected mayor serve for over 50 years. He was appointed mayor pro tem because the then-mayor didn't want to sign liquor licenses, and inherited the post when the mayor died. The town considered doing an election in 1974, but it was too expensive.