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TIL of Judge Learned Hand, the most cited lower court judge in American history

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4XVXR TIL that Henry Ford's wife Clara drove an electric car and refused to drive the Ford Model T.
4XEjb TIL Germany is very easygoing on its prisoners. Murderers get a few decades in a prison complex similar to a college dorm, complete with video games, television, computers, privacy, their own food, and sometimes weekend leave.
VMG88 TIL Bob Seger's famous hit song "Against the Wind" was inspired by Bob's days as a high school cross country runner. He described it as "about trying to move ahead, keeping your sanity and integrity at the same time." It later appeared in Forrest Gump when Forrest was running across the country.
7rAQ7 Today I learned that Christopher Reeve was asked by the Democratic Party to run for Congress. He replied "run for Congress? And lose my influence in Washington?"
PVEe TIL - A Brazilian invented caller ID technology more than 25 years ago. Today he is in 40 lawsuits claiming for his royalties that, in total, are more than 25 billion dollars