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TIL in 2024, an Indonesian man was stabbed to death at a party after a heated argument about whether the chicken or the egg came first.

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p8XPp TIL Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys was under the supervision of a manipulative psychologist, Eugene Landy, who controlled every aspect of his life for 9 years during the ‘80s and early ‘90s. Landy exerted his power over Wilson in many different ways, including making him eat spaghetti off the floor.
xGOg TIL Japan has had heated roads for 56 years which use shosetsu (snow melting) pipe system using the heat energy of groundwater to melt snow on roads
mByY TIL of “Fan Death”, a well known myth in South Korean culture, that running an electric fan in a closed room with unopened or no windows can lead to death. Despite no concrete evidence to support the concept, fan death persists due to its popularity as an urban myth or superstition.
50En TIL “Stagecoach” Mary Fields, a former slave and the 1st African-American woman mail carrier employed by the US. Had a running bet at any bar for $5 and a glass of whiskey, she could knock out any cowboy with 1 punch. After 3 or 4 cowboys tried to take her up on it, nobody ever tried again.
R1g4 TIL: Donald Rumsfeld was Secretary of Defence twice, first at the age of 43 and again at 69. This makes him both the youngest and oldest person to serve as Secretary of Defense.