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TIL that more international tourists visited Turkey than Italy in 2022

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xVYGw TIL that the Code of Hammurabi banned selling beer for money, allowing it only to be bartered for barley. The punishment for selling beer for money was death by drowning
ngW7 TIL the black edges on traditional black forest ham are caused by the ham being dipped in cow blood prior to cooking
NRoQ TIL Cats are thought to be primarily responsible for the extinction of 33 species of birds.
Egpxx TIL that Julius Caesar was kidnapped by Sicilian pirates: he demanded his ransom be doubled and then amused his kidnappers by giving speeches and joining in their activities. However, Julius Caesar warned his new "friends" that once he got out of there, he’d hunt them down and kill them. He did.