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TIL: About author Shed Simove, who has sold hundreds of thousands of books with just blank pages in them and legally changed his name to “God”

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b9pG4 TIL About Tom Tobin, famous american mountain man and bounty hunter. In 1863 Tobin hunted down one of americas first serial killers, Felipe Espinosa, who killed 32 innocent civilians before Tobin single handedly decapitated him and his accomplices. Tobin was paid with a Henry rifle for the killings.
v1N7x TIL even though South Vietnam lost against North Vietnam during the Vietnam War, South Vietnam's military was considered one of the best in world. It was seen as good as Israel's military.
yQ5KM TIL Ross Ulbricht, the creator and operator of the Silk Road, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
LkxX0 TIL about a Legal Person. It may not be human being, it can be a non-human entity that is treated as a person for limited legal purposes. A legal persons can sue and be sued, own property, and enter into contracts.
lZxN TIL the Yapese use large stone “coins” for money which can weigh up to 8,800 lbs. Rather than move them, they usually just keep track of who the owner is. When one was lost at sea, people continued to “trade” it even though it was never recovered, since they all agreed it must still exist.