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TIL horse meat was sold as beef in Europe

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lNZV TIL that many German monks would sustain themselves on nothing but beer and water for the entire 40 days of Lent.
8L48 TIL shooting point blank mean shooting in a range where you don’t have to account for gravity
b6Ma9 TIL that in 1996, Canadian Prime Minister, Jean Chretien, casually choke-slammed two protesters to the ground at a public event while making his way through a crowd. It is known as the “Shawinigan Handshake.”
X0D7k TIL that after Zaire's 9-0 defeat to Yugoslavia in the 1974 World Cup, Zaire's military dictator, President Mobutu threatened the team that if they lost 4-0 to Brazil, in their next match, they wouldn't be allowed to return home.
1a6WW TIL that the first man to get a hand transplant begged doctors to amputate it after several months because he had become “mentally detached” from it.