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TIL that Frederic I Barbarrosa drowned in a river in Turkey when his army was heading to Jerusalem.

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ANZo7 TIL While filming Monty Python & The Holy Grail (1975), Graham Chapman developed delirium tremens (DTs) from lack of alcohol on set. DTs can be fatal even with treatment and typically only affect habitual drinkers who consume 0.5L of liquor or 7-8 pints of beer daily for 10 years or more.
1468 TIL “the origin of the phrase ‘a taste of your own medicine’ comes from Aesop’s famous story about a swindler who sells fake medicine, claiming that it can cure anything. When he falls ill, people give him his own medicine, which he knows will not work.”
rR5Qy TIL Afghanistan is believed to have only one Jewish citizen left. His name is Zablon Simintov and he refuses to leave. The country once housed a community of 40,000 Jews which dwindled down to just him. His main job is caring for Kabul's last remaining synagogue which he is the only member.
Eg150 In September 2021 Canada required that all new vehicles sold there have one of the following: 1) tail lights that come on with daytime running lights, 2) headlights, tail lights, and side marker lights that turn on automatically in the dark, 3) a dashboard that stays dark to alert the driver
GY6pJ TIL in the early 20th century a single man-eating tiger killed an estimated 436 people in Nepal and northern India over several years, until it was finally shot by a lone hunter