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TIL about the "Chicken Tax"

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neOdY TIL that an 8-year-old boy earned an estimated $26 million, over a 12-month period, from reviewing toys on YouTube.
OG6g1 TIL a Christian mob killed the female universal genius Hypatia in 415 A.D. The mob stripped Hypatia naked, cut out her eyeballs, tore her body to pieces and dragged her limbs through the city. Hypatia was depicted as a teacher of mathematics, philosophy and astronomy.
b9r49 TIL in 1935, suspected for murder Lloyd Holmes shot himself in the head with a .32 caliber pistol in a boatshed. However, the bullet only knocked him unconscious causing him to fall into the water. He later awoke, climbed into a speedboat, and lead the police on a chase for several hours.
l71eB TIL of the Club dei Brutti (World Association of Ugly People) based in the Italian town of Piobbico, which has 30,000 members worldwide and fights to recognize ugly people's worth in a society that values one's looks.
jN4Nn TIL the monstrous cyclops from Homer's "The Odyssey" loved cheese - and may have even "invented" feta.