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TIL a man named Jonathan Riches has filed more than 2,600 lawsuits since 2006. He even sued Guinness World Records to try to stop them from titling him as "the most litigious man in history".

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JYgnB TIL on 18 april 1930, the only thing that was announced on BBC was "There is no news" followed by a piano playing
78bO TIL the pilot scripts for Arrested Development came with a cover letter which warned cast members that there would be no fancy trailers and no tolerance for diva-like behavior (and 8 more facts about the show you might not know)
Z6NR TIL a community of monks in the Austrian Alps in the 16th century invented a method of painting on canvas made from spider webs, and today less than 100 known examples exist.
NXea6 TIL a group of 22 people is responsible for all US military patch and insignia designs
nWGmP TIL Beryl Markham, a British-born Kenyan aviator, adventurer, and author, was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic from east to west (1936). Her memoir, West with the Night, was lauded by Hemingway and is celebrated for its lyrical writing, tales of African landscapes and flying escapades