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TIL that the "Hitler rants" video meme led to an employment lawsuit. While negotiating with BP for a new contract, Scott Tracey was fired for posting a video using the 'Downfall' scene. After suing for unfair dismissal, he won his job back and AU$200K in lost wages.

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yG58 TIL an Auburn University graduate, James Brooks, was discovered to be illiterate after he couldn’t read court documents regarding him not paying child support.
4OpJ TIL In 1884 two British men cannibalized a dying child after being shipwrecked for weeks, which saved their lives long enough to be rescued. They were then convicted of murder and sentenced to death upon returning to England.
e0pE5 TIL Judge Judy is the highest paid actor on TV, making $47 million per year.
XE6r TIL an edition of “Where’s Waldo?” is banned in many places because of it showing a woman’s exposed breast in the scene “On the Beach”.
D100J TIL: Sucking a King's nipples was an ancient Irish form of submission. Cutting off a royal descendant's nipples made him ineligible for kingship.