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TIL that a Texas woman tried to kill a snake by dousing it in gasoline and setting it on fire… in a final act of defiance it slithered to her house and caught it on fire

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4Law TIL: The Guinness Book of Records was created because the director of the Guinness Breweries got in an argument over what was Europe’s fastest game bird while hunting, and thought that there must be other questions debated nightly in pubs throughout Ireland. It was originally a marketing giveaway.
OGMr6 TIL by passing a law requiring pharmacies to be owned by a licensed pharmacist, North Dakota has essentially done away with corporate chain pharmacies. Corporations that own pharmacies must be majority owned by licensed pharmacists.
vDnj TIL The original Hoggle Muppet from The Labyrinth resides at The Unclaimed Baggage Center in Scottsboro, Alabama.
eLNk TIL that the daughter of Korean Air chairman ordered the aircraft to taxi back to the airport’s gate before takeoff because she was served Macadamia nuts in their original packaging instead of on a plate.
5YAon TIL the Israeli intelligence agency (MOSSAD) ran a high end diving resort in Sudan for years as a cover to smuggling Jewish Ethiopians back to Israel.