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TIL An Inmate sued Himself for $5 Million dollars for commiting a crime that went against his religious beliefs -- He demanded the state pay the damages because he had no money himself

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1a5d7 TIL the UK's National Health Service (NHS) is the 5th largest employer in the world with 1.7 million employees - after McDonald's, Walmart, China's People's Liberation Army and the US Dept. Of Defense*
d8EM9 TIL : Author HG Wells pretty much created the template for the modern day disaster movie with his 1897 short story "The Star". It tells of the Earths near miss with a meteor who's gravitational pull causes earthquakes, tidal waves, and the melting of the ice caps. Millions are killed.
VMd00 TIL radioactive cocaine is a diagnostic tool used for Parkinson's Disease
ZpZmY TIL While living in the white house, JFK had parrots, hamsters, cats, horses, a rabbit named 'Zsa Zsa', and 5 dogs.
nRao TIL that in 1982 an animated Gilligan’s Island sequel was made, where the castaways built a spaceship to get home, but due to Gilligan they ended up crash-landing on an alien planet.