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TIL that the news of the Wright Brother's flight was first appeared in a magazine about bees

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R7ODw TIL In 1574, the Dutch city of Leiden was under siege by Spanish forces. The defenders breached dykes, flooding the low lying countryside. Naval ships reached the city on Oct 3rd, bringing bread and herring and ending the siege. Leiden still gives citizens free bread and herring every Oct 3rd.
1O4 TIL that when she was five years old, Tina Fey was slashed in the face with a knife by a random stranger.
rN9ox TIL: Earlier this year, Connecticut lawmakers are finally deciding to exonerate victims of the witch trials 375 years ago posthumously following exonerations of convicted witches from Massachusetts and Scotland last year.
bA1p TIL Since 2014, owning a dog in Iran is illegal. If caught owning a dog, violators are subject to 74 lashes
QJl6d TIL in 1995, Blockbuster sued rival company Hollywood Video for $10 million after hiring five former Blockbuster employees. Hollywood Video had only 117 stores nationwide, in comparison to Blockbuster's 2,800.