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TIL that Frankie Muniz quit acting in 2008 to become an open-wheel racecar driver and currently competes in NASCAR

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5VoJn TIL that during the Maxi Trial, the largest trial against the Mafia in history, a mobster confessed to Tommaso Buscetta, an informant, that he had killed two of Buscetta's sons. After the trial, Buscetta embraced him and said: "I forgive you because I know what it means to be in Cosa Nostra"
rRQEx TIL 'Procrustes analysis' is a form of shape analysis. The name 'Procrustes' refers to a bandit from Greek mythology who made his victims fit his bed. If they were short, he would stretch their limbs. If they were too tall, he would cut their limbs off.
4kEYg TIL that a Japanese Fu-Go balloon bomb killed 6 civilians in Oregon on May 5th, 1945.
neB1b TIL Mango sap is caustic
AnDd TIL that in medieval times “Cat-burning” was an accepted practice thought to bring good luck. It was custom to burn a barrel full of live cats over a bonfire as people shrieked with laughter while they were singed and roasted. French Kings often witnessed it and even ceremoniously started the fire.