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TIL that the lottery is illegal in Nevada

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kOdp4 TIL that 2 men were convicted of theft after taking over a thousand copies of free newspapers and selling them to a recycling plant - indicating that something given away for free can be stolen.
QyOd TIL Attila the Hun misinterpreted a letter from a Roman Princess and thought she had asked to marry him. Although his army was significantly weakened, he marched on Rome to claim his newest wife, and was defeated
j6JyM TIL: A sex toy maker agreed to pay customers up to C$10,000 each for selling a “smart vibrator,” which tracked owners’ use without their knowledge. Two hackers had demonstrated the company was collecting information about users, including device temperature and vibration intensity.
JYoZ1 TIL Beethoven once responded to criticism of one of his pieces with "What I shit is better than anything you could ever think up!"
Lg6p TIL: The Big Lebowski has 292 uses of the word “Fuck”, 161 uses of “Dude” and 147 uses of “Man”, all scripted