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TIL That The House of the Rising Sun also rhymes in Old French

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WWnd TIL The Austrian wine market collapsed in 1985 when it was discovered winemakers were adding antifreeze to artificially sweeten the wine.
WREY TIL that war pigs were used in ancient warfare, to counter against war elephants, which feared the pigs (and their squeals) and would bolt. War pigs were sometimes lit on fire to enhance this effect.
Lk4rP TIL that fire fighting was an unofficial competition at the 1900 Summer Olympics, in both professional and volunteer categories.
6N9J TIL in 1960, a Retired Postal Worker stalked JFK with the intent of assassinating him. On Dec. 11, he was prepared to ram Kennedy with a dynamite-laden 1950 Buick, but changed his mind at the last minute when he decided he didn’t want to hurt Jackie and her children.
v1D4r TIL of Joseph Pujol, master of Musical Farts. He would imitate birds, dogs, and other animals, play instruments, and inhale cigarette smoke and blow it back.