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TIL about 'Fast Eddie' Maher, a security driver who stole £1.2m and fled to America

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W7vGY TIL that over 40 camels were disqualified from a beauty contest for receiving Botox injections in 2021
grMv4 TIL there was a Pee Tax in Ancient Rome. Vespasian imposed a urine tax on the sale and distribution of urine from Rome's public urinals (which apparently had resale value).
5Vn6p TIL about the Manna of Saint Nicholas, a pleasant smelling liquid that is extracted from the remains of Saint Nicholas of Bari every year and is believed to help cure ailments by drinking the pure manna mixed with holy water or applying it the area of a body that is sick.
6Ekrm TIL that there are elections in North Korea, on election day, everyone aged 17 and up is legally obliged to show up to vote. Once it is your turn to vote, you are given a ballot paper with just one name on it, nothing to fill in or cross out, you just take the paper and stick in a ballot box.
W7X9B TIL: The Pig War of 1859 was a confrontation between the United States and Great Britain that started when an American settler killed a pig. The conflict grew to involve warships and hundred of troops on both sides.