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TIL Four of the last 7 Illinois Govenors have been jailed

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9wbbp TIL in 1610, Opossunoquonuske, a female chieftain of the Powhatan Confederacy, used “feminine guile” to lure 14 English settlers to a feast, convincing them to leave their weapons on their boat. It was a trap—her warriors ambushed them, killing 13. Only one man survived.
9vkX TIL that there is no known written documentation of the food dish known as “fajitas” prior to 1971.
ADOg TIL that a CD of monks singing Gregorian chant made it to #3 on the Billboard 200
epeRJ TIL of The Sawback Blade Bayonet. A German knife used in WW1 that would pull out the insides of it's victims and cause inevitable and painful death. They were recalled by the German military because British and French soldiers would torture and kill any soldiers caught with one, on principle.
kkB7 TIL that the trick from “Office Space” and “Superman III” of stealing tiny fractions of a cent from a large number of transactions to stealthily accumulate a stolen fortune has a name: salami slicing