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TIL a prison inmate tried to sue himself for allowing himself to get drunk and ruin his life. He demanded 5 million from himself and reasoned that the state should pay since he didn’t get a salary behind bars.

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oBVvL TIL There is an island which changes sovereignty every 6 months. Less than 7000 sq metres, in a river on the Spain-France border, Pheasant Island is ceremonially exchanged between the two countries every February and July, according to a peace treaty which was signed on the island in 1659
v1MGr TIL 70% alcohol is a better disinfectant than 91% because it coagulates the protein of bacteria at a slower rate so that it penetrates all the way through the cell before coagulation of the surface can block it
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v1AVD TIL Credit Card Information can be stolen wirelessly from an arms length while you still have them in your purse. Thieves wirelessly scanned a credit card in a woman's purse while she exited her vehicle outside a Walmart store and then used it while she was still inside the store.
1aXwD TIL it took 200,000 years for humanity to reach 1 billion people, but only 200 years to reach 7 billion.