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TIL "The english rule" is that the loser in a lawsuit pays the winners legal fees. This is designed to prevent frivolous lawsuits.Nearly every Western democracy other than the United States follows the English rule.

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OGY5L TIL that it is tradition for the newly-elected Speaker of the House of Commons to be ceremoniously "dragged" to his seat by other Members of Parliament.
R5vB7 TIL that Mexican soap star Mariana Levy was literally scared to death as she was about to be mugged and the stress triggered a heart attack
JV01 TIL that PSY’s Gangnam Style reached one billion views (the first video to ever do so) on the day that the ancient Mayans predicted the end of the world, December 21, 2012.
XQE TIL that the highest scoring Soccer game was 149-0 In which, in protest, Stade Olympique de L'Emyrne started to score on themselves in protest of a few bad calls the referee made.
ADAax TIL The company behind the infamous CueCat had a data breach back in 2000 revealing name, email address, age range, gender and zip code. They gave a 10$ Radioshack gift card to everyone affected.