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TIL in 2008 Dmitry Agarkov changed a credit card agreement to his benefit - and the bank signed it. When in 2010 the bank wanted him to pay late fees, he sued it, as according to the changed deal, it owed him money - 24m rubles (ca. $727k). It all ended with an out-of-court settlement.

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x67N1 TIL about the kingdom of Albania, a state located in the Caucasus in ancient times
nW96d TIL During the war with Pakistan in 1971, the Indian Air Force was commanded by a Muslim; the Army Commander was a Parsi (Zoroastrian), the General Officer of the Army in Bangladesh was a Sikh, and the General flown in to negotiate the surrender of the Pakistani forces in East Bengal was Jewish.
neaA7 TIL that in 1963, a White civil right activist named William Lewis Moore protested segregation by walking 400 miles,alone, from Tennessee to Mississippi to deliver his own letter to the governor, urging him to accept integration. 2 days after starting, he was found murdered in the side of a highway.
ZpG6o TIL that blue lights on emergency vehicles originated in Germany in WWII as part of a campaign to keep the country dark to prevent bombings since blue light couldn‘t be seen from airplanes
yQQrV TIL that Italian "wedding soup" comes from the Italian language phrase "minestra maritata ("married soup")," which is a reference to the flavor produced by the combination/"marriage" of greens and the broth.