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TIL Indian man sued his parents for giving birth to him.

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rNX60 TIL that undulatus asperatus clouds have a wavy, chaotic appearance that makes the sky look like a turbulent sea. These rare clouds, which were officially classified in 2017, are believed to form when weather fronts cause atmospheric instability.
6EZQW TIL that the original 82nd Airborne Division of WWI was nicknamed the "All-American" Division because at least one of all its soldiers were from one of the then recognized 48 states of the country
VMJj0 TIL that 17 years before Confederate General James Longstreet surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at the Appomattox Court House, he stood as a groomsman in Grant's wedding. At the surrender, they embraced and reminisced about "the days that were so pleasant."
ENEV TIL that the pink triangle, rendered in hot pink as a gay pride and gay rights symbol, was originally rendered in pink and used pointed downward on a Nazi concentration camp badge to denote homosexual men.
0drE5 TIL that Edward I of England was invited by Scotland's nobles to arbitrate a succession crisis over the Scottish throne. Edwards attempts to use this to assert overlordship over Scotland led to a 32 year war of independence.