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TIL in 1996 a man named Larry Rutman hit himself in the head with a boomerang. He successfully sued himself for US$ 300,000, with the entire payout coming from his insurance

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ANp1x TIL India developed Vyomitra, a female humanoid robot, to accompany its first astronauts in the historic Gaganyaan spaceflight program
x6Xxw TIL that IMDb, the Internet Movie Database, was purchased by Amazon in 1998 and has been owned by them since then
mxVyR TIL: Childless Atheist and author Ninon de l'Enclos left her money to the nine-year-old son of her accountant upon her death. This Nine-year-old would later be known as Voltaire
rR1g0 TIL of 'Whiskey Plates'; in Minnesota those involved in certain DWI and DUI incidents obtain special registration plates that always begin with the letter 'W'.
E1DJV TIL everytime a Saw movie would be released, a “Halloween Blood Drive” would be organized; mobile blood stations pop up around US where blood donators would receive a free movie ticket. A total of 120.000 pints of blood has been donated, resulting in over 360.000 lives being saved.