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TIL that residents of Virginia are not required to have insurance on their vehicles. You can pay $500 and "drive at your own risk"

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xVdy7 TIL of Noble Craig, who, after losing both of his legs and one of his arms while fighting in the Vietnam War, became an actor and starred in horror films as various limbless monsters such as the "Snake Man" and the "Vomit Creature"
eKog TIL that the world’s oldest still-running car is 129 years old, runs on steam, won the world’s first car race, and was auctioned for over 4 million dollars.
LkOAm TIL While attacking a series of machine gun nests during WW2, Daniel Inouye had most his right arm shot off while arming a grenade. He pried the grenade out of his severed hand and destroyed a bunker with it before finishing the last resistance in the bunker with a one-handed Tommy gun burst.
xZWb TIL a woman in Phoenix, AZ sued her doctors for child support because they failed to discover her pregnancy in time for her to have it terminated. The jury unanimously rejected the lawsuit after 25 minutes of deliberation.
ZpGZB TIL about the speed-duration relationship across the animal kingdom. According to Dr. Mark Burnley's research, humans rank as fairly average competitors overall. For middle-distance, the gold goes to the painted ghost crab, while lizards dominate in ultimate endurance.