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TIL One of the methods used for identifying witches in the Salem Witch Trials, was to bake affected girls urine in a cake, feed it to a dog, and the controlling witch would then supposedly cry out in pain.

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xlrg TIL during WWII, British forces dressed a dead hobo in a general’s uniform and planted “top secret documents” on his body, detailing a fictional invasion through Greece. They then caused the body to wash up on an Italian beach, in an attempt to mislead German high command. It worked.
69Ngm TIL The vampire from the 1922 film, Nosferatu, has appeared in multiple episodes of SpongeBob Squarepants. He works the night shift.
nWyWo TIL there’s an energy drink called “Cocaine”, released in 2006 and banned 6 months later. Online sales of Cocaine then quadrupled. Redux Beverages rebranded “Cocaine” to “No Name” to get around a temporary ban. The name was changed back in February of 2008, and Cocaine can be bought today online.
rRYgy TIL though Israel was one of the first country to recognize the newly independent country of Bangladesh on 1972, Bangladeshi government rejected the recognition
Wky5A TIL that, in France, it is illegal to to publish photographs of a handcuffed suspects, as they are not to appear guilty until proven so.