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TIL That Australia's Last Flamingo Died In 2018 ....

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b6kjZ TIL in 1896, New York passed the Raines law to reduce Sunday drinking. The law had a loophole that allowed bars to serve alcohol only with a meal. To circumvent this, staff added a sandwich to every drink order, then took it away and served it to the next customer. The sandwich often lasted all day.
8e6OG TIL the largest newborn ever recorded was "Babe", a 22-lb and 28-inch boy born in Seville, OH on Jan. 19, 1879. Sadly he only lived 11 hours. His parents, Anna Haining Bates and Martin Van Buren Bates, were both almost 8 feet tall.
v0eD TIL At age 16, John Smith of Pocahontas fame was a pirate, sold into slavery in Turkey, had a love affair with his Turkish mistress, killed her husband and three others in a single duel, escaped to Russia, and accidentally blew his genitals off.
jNemN TIL Goldilocks was originally an old woman and the three bears were originally all bachelors living together instead of a family.
70Px TIL a man was cleared of murder charges after appearing in outtakes of Curb Your Enthusiasm at a baseball game 20 miles from the crime scene at the time of the murder