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TIL a woman is facing up to 10 years of imprisonment for giving water to pigs on their way to the slaughterhouse

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rN47e TIL that there is a type of honey called Mad Honey that cause hallucinations
5VP5R TIL in the 1930’s, Mussolini, outlawed pasta. Instead of producing strong Italian soldiers, the pasta weighed the youth down and made them lazy. The real reason was that Mussolini wanted to sell more rice, a staple crop in his home region in Northern Italy, which caused a split with the South.
KY6oG TIL A man stole $200,000 and then murdered his entire family over an obsession with a Bulgarian webcam model.
16raO TIL about the Jumping Frenchmen of Maine, who exhibited a rare disorder which entails an exaggerated startle reflex described as an uncontrollable "jump". Studies recorded individuals who would obey any command given suddenly, even if it meant striking a loved one.
GY6EE TIL: The reason that Moths are attracted to light is because prior to man-made artificial lighting, they used the light of the moon to help them navigate, so they mistake lights with light of the moon!