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TIL Keanu Reeves was sued for assault by a paparazzo who slipped while taking Reeves picture. It took 18 months for the case to go to trial and 1 hour for the jury to dismiss it.

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LkLRP TIL A woman in New South Wales successfully sued her twin sister for over $170,000 after a sneeze changed her life. The sister lost control of the car & hit a tree after she sneezed. She suffered lower back pain as a result and the court held that it hindered her ability to work long hours.
Y7a4W Today I learned that Druids gathered Mistletoe using Golden Sickles
WkDKL TIL that the Japanese band B'z - virtually unknown outside their home country - has more certified album sales than Britney Spears, Guns N' Roses, Prince, Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, Cher, David Bowie and many others.
AjZd TIL there is no December 30, 2011 in the history of the Pacific Ocean islands of Samoa and Tokelau as the day was skipped when these islands moved their time zone from the last time zone east of the international date line to the first west of the date line
ep7ZD TIL extortion rings called "The Black Hand Society" were once found in major cities across America in the early 1900s, named for the distinctive signature often left on their threat letters - a hand imprinted or drawn in thick black ink.