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TIL that there is a pub in Austria that has been fully operational since 803. ????????

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y4GM TIL Australia’s explorers Hume and Hovell, fought constantly during their historical 1824 expedition. They agreed to split up, dividing equipment and cutting the tent in half but physically fought over the frying pan. It fell apart, with one man taking the pan itself and the other taking the handle.
nWgEP TIL American politician R. Budd Dwyer committed suicide on live TV, shooting himself at a press conference on January 22nd 1987 the day before he was due to be sentenced, after being found guilty on 11 counts of conspiracy, mail fraud, perjury, and interstate transportation in aid of racketeering
VMDx0 TIL that Terry Pratchett was a Skyrim and Oblivion modder
Z8rop TIL the Adamites were a 2nd century Christian sect that sought to re-create the innocence of the Garden of Eden. To this end they called their church “Paradise”, practiced nudism, rejected marriage and claimed they could do whatever they wanted because they had no knowledge of good/evil.
5V5kD TIL the first international war crime trial took place in the Holy Roman Empire in 1474. Peter von Hagenbauch was found guilty of atrocities committed during the occupation of Breisach, and beheaded.