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TIL trial attorney Mark Lanier offered to settle an asbestos lawsuit against Carborundum for $10,000. They declined and it went to trial. The jury awarded $118,000,000.

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5VWa8 TIL that Stilton cheese cannot be produced in the village of Stilton. The cheese has the status of protected designation of origin, requiring that only such cheese produced in the three counties of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, and Nottinghamshire can be called Stilton. Stilton is in Cambridgeshire
QNDDL TIL that the perception of moral decline is reported in countries all around the world. Despite this, the perception can be attributed to biased exposure to and memory of information.
XEbpR TIL of Razzle Dazzle. A carnival game that is designed to make the player believe he is ALMOST winning. But mathematically it actually is near impossible to win despite being very very few points from winning.
PYO1L TIL Hayao Miyazaki withdrew from retirement for the 7th time and announced he was making a film so that his grandson knows that ‘Grandpa is moving onto the next world soon but he is leaving this film behind because he loves you.’
7rvXp TIL Idi Amin, dictator and commonly known as the "Butcher of Uganda", reportedly boasted that he kept the decapitated heads of political enemies in his freezer, although he said that human flesh was generally "too salty" for his taste.