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TIL that in a 2000 lawsuit between Pizza Hut and Papa John’s, a federal court ruled that “better ingredients” do not, in fact, make “better pizza”.

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pYWnN TIL: Lizzie Lape, set an earlier precedent for entrepreneurial women in the US Court system in the 1800s. She ran brothels spanning 5 counties and was married 8 times. She was wealthy enough that she was sued for child support and several husbands tried to take over her business.
WNEo TIL Truman Capote once autographed around a woman’s navel. Her drunk, jealous husband pulled out his penis and asked Capote if he could sign it. Capote looked at it and replied, “Well, I don’t know if I can autograph it, but perhaps I could initial it.”
9KdQ TIL in 2007 Islamic scholars in Malaysia spent a year working out how the country’s first astronaut could pray facing Mecca. He was allowed to save his Ramadan fasting till his return
oBb5A TIL that in 1962, a 1.4 megaton nuclear warhead, codenamed "Starfish Prime", was detonated at an altitude of 250 miles. The EMP released affected Hawaii 900 miles away and disabled 6 satellites as well as all of the sensors set up to record the experiment.
KOaw TIL that during a siege in 1857, a mysterious Scottish soldier watched one his comrades get shot, and announced that he had joined the regiment simply to see that man die. He then ran into a breach singing Bible verses and trying unsuccessfully to get himself killed.