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TIL that in 1995 an inmate tried to sue himself for $5 Million because he violated his own civil rights by getting arrested - then asked the state to pay because he has no income in jail

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R5bP8 TIL that the sons of Chang and Eng Bunker, who were the origin of the term "Siamese Twins" for conjoined twins, fought on the Confederate side during the US Civil War. Chang's son Christopher and Eng's son Stephen both fought as Confederate Cavalrymen, in separate units.
yVQNJ TIL that the asteroid belt is splintered and cannot coalesce into a planet because of the effects of Jupiter's gravity, which disrupts the asteroids and keeps them colliding with each other
OoEA4 TIL The financial industry is rushing to embrace artificial intelligence to help in areas including trading, investing and automating interactions with customers. Most banks are at least piloting AI in equity research, but with varying degrees of commercial success at this point
9wAOX TIL The Man versus Horse Marathon, which has been running yearly since 1980, has only been won by a human three times, in 2004, 2007 and 2022. In all other years, a horse won.
Y78EW TIL a category for Best Stunt Coordination was submitted to (and rejected by) the Academy Awards every year from 1991 to 2012.