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TIL there was a french man named Tarrare who had the most unusual eating habits. As a teen he could eat his own weight in meat in a day. Later in life he ate a meal intended for 15 people in a single sitting, ate live cats and puppies and swallowed eels whole without chewing. He was underweight.

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NEoe TIL in 1998, a woman disappeared while awaiting trial after she had drunkenly killed a woman in a fatal car crash. In 2013, she was arrested in Manitoba, Canada after bragging in a bar about having gotten away with the crime.
OBd7 TIL that in ancient Rome various animals were trained to rape women.
6E00Z TIL that over the years bleachers have been set up on the roofs of residential buildings around Wrigley Field; unable to stop them from selling seats to view the game, the Cubs owners have been buying or leasing the roof top bleachers as part of their revenue stream.
Z8BXv TIL about George Cassiday, the Man in the Green Hat. During Prohibition, Cassiday supplied alcohol to members of Congress, including those who voted for prohibition in the first place. After ten years, when the story broke, the public's outrage contributed the repeal of the 18th Amendment.
rN1GM TIL the role of Tonto on the pioneering televised "The Lone Ranger" series was played by true born First Nations American actor.