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TIL Bing Crosby was rejected from a club in Vancouver for wearing only denim. When Levi’s heard they made him a denim tuxedo jacket, originating the term “Canadian Tuxedo”.

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awLWZ TIL a treatment in the Middle Ages for venomous snakebite was to pluck the feathers from a rooster's arse and place it on the site of the bite. Apparently its anus could suck up the venom. It was considered a good sign if the rooster died.
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