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TIL Spain's Strict Lockdown Rules Allowing People To Walk Their Dogs But A Man Was Fined 30,000 EUR For Walking His Pet Chicken.

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rNNG1 TIL about Zerah Colburn, a famous "mental calculator" of the 19th century. Colburn displayed his talent for rapid, complex arithmetic at 6 years old after only completing six weeks of schooling. Another unusual trait of his, which he shared with family members, was having six fingers on his hand.
69er7 TIL that serial killer Carl Panzram was so intent on being executed that he personally sent death threats to anti capital punishment activists trying to stop his execution
16wDr TIL that the Chevrolet Suburban is the only vehicle with a Hollywood Walk of Fame Star. Given for its appearance in nearly 2,000 movies since 1960.
7rkkO TIL that in Classical Athens, the citizens could vote each year to banish any person who was growing too powerful, as a threat to democracy. This process was called Ostracism.
OApg TIL:Nikola Tesla disagreed with the theory of atoms being composed of smaller subatomic particles, stating there was no such thing as an electron creating an electric charge