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TIL that Tesco was forced to introduce their Clubcard loyalty scheme after a former soldier threatened to contaminate food with IV-infected blood

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By9W TIL in 1901 a pregnant Madame Bobin fell ill and “died”. Later, when her body was exhumed they found that not only had Bobin been buried alive, but she gave birth while inside the coffin before eventually asphyxiating.
4XAa TIL “When flatworms mate, two "males” use their bifurcated penises to fence one another. The winner, or the flatworm who stabs the other with its penis, remains male while the loser becomes female.“
LkEnV TIL that Jared Fogle, in a last ditch effort to get his conviction overturned, claimed to be a "sovereign citizen" and filed a motion rejecting the court's authority to convict him. It was rejected.
VB444 TIL that the real-life Georg von Trapp of 'The Sound of Music' fame was previously married to Agathe Whitehead, a British-Austrian heiress and aristocrat, and granddaughter of torpedo inventor Robert Whitehead. The couple had seven children from 1911 to 1921. Agathe died of scarlet fever in 1922.
ANReg TIL for the encore of their concert in Paris, "Ni**as in Paris" was played ELEVEN times. In a row.