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TIL Someone was accused of cheating at chess and one conclusion made was that he was using anal beads, which became an in-joke about chess

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p8lQe TIL that in 1906, a man in Seattle was sentenced to one minute in jail for drunkenness and disorder. The original sentence was 30 days, but after an appeal and six months of litigation, it was shortened to one minute. He was kept in jail until the second hand of the jailer’s watch completed a circle
d8ZXd TIL there is a Tree that bleeds metal, A tree in New Caledonia takes up a nickel at toxic levels and stores it and they believe, use it to fend off insects.
ylM8 TIL in 1992, a dancer from the Philippines was admitted to a Japanese hospital and died a week later from hepatitis. When her body was flown back and her coffin opened for the funeral, her family found she was stabbed and beaten to death.
8ebwX TIL that all 7,000 corporate employees at Costco's headquarters are assigned cubicles. The CEO's cubicle is slightly larger than the others.
M7Eeb TIL: There is an 8,000 year old cave painting of a human gathering honey from a natural bee hive