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TIL An Ohio judge once sentenced a woman to sit in the "stinkiest, smelliest" area of a garbage dump for 8 hours, as punishment for neglecting her dog. "If you puke, you puke."

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mx57P TIL The 'first recorded murder victim' revealed… from 430,000 years ago. This is the earliest clear case of deliberate, lethal interpersonal aggression in the hominin fossil record, demonstrating that this is an ancient human behaviour
gM1YA TIL of "Happy Tail Syndrome." This condition occurs when particularly happy and boisterous dogs manage to damage the end of their tail through excessive wagging which causes it to bang repeatedly against hard household features like walls and doors.
NZo8 TIL Muhammad ratified a document giving Christians freedom to practice their faith without interference from Muslims.
oB4Mr TIL that Britney Spears took algebra class so she could help her sons with their homework as it's likely that she did not receive much education due to her very early rise to fame
yQ9nV TIL while Janis Joplin only had one Top 40 hit song, that record, "Me and Bobby McGee", got up to #1 on the charts.