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TIL Colonel Sanders was once a lawyer, and assaulted his client. He also killed a man in a shootout.

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awPVA TIL that British lawyers, judges, and some roles of parliament still wear old-timey white wigs
v1JvD TIL that in feudal Japan, merchants were at/near the bottom of the social hierarchy because they didn't produce goods. Artisans were a step above them because they produced non-essential goods and peasants were above artisans because they produced food.
Z8MGR TIL: Gin drinkers of London used to call "Puss", wait for a meow reply, then hold their glasses underneath a wooden cat to illegally obtain their drink.
KZrE TIL that a man was rejected by the New London, CT Police Dept. for scoring too high on a basic intelligence test in 1996. He sued, and the US Dist. Court ruled that police departments can in fact disallow intelligent applicants.
8aG9G TIL In 1975 a 17 year old boy was killed while riding his moped. He was killed exactly a year after his 17 year old brother was killed while riding the same moped, in the same intersection, by the same taxi, with the same driver, carrying the same passenger