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TIL that in the Old Testament, Yahweh (God) actually sues Israel for breach of contract (the Sinai covenant). It is the only instance of God initiating a lawsuit against humans in the Bible.

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QNlZe TIL that George Lucas took a $500,000 pay cut to his salary as director of ''Star Wars'' in exchange for full ownership of the franchise's merchandising rights. By 2012, the first six films produced approximately US$20 billion in merchandising revenue.
e0Om5 TIL of the secret bunker in Rothenstein, Germany where billionaires hide away in a crisis - luxury apartments, a swimming pool, movie theater, pub - all in an underground bunker designed to withstand a nuclear war... or pandemic.
xVEmD TIL that in 10th Century China, people snorted up dried smallpox scabs so they would become immune to the disease.
b6MV4 TIL actress Georgia Tennant is the daughter of the 5th Doctor Who, Peter Davison, and the wife of 10th Doctor Who, David Tennant.
loKg5 TIL that in 1982, the comic strip The Far Side jokingly referred to the set of spikes on a Stegosaurus's tail as a "thagomizer". A paleontologist who read the comic realized there wasn't any official name for the spikes and began using the new word; Thagomizer is now the generally accepted term.