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TIL that in medieval times, animals were put on trials and sentenced to prison or even execution.

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oRoZR TIL That plucking your nose hair can trigger what doctors call the “Triangle of Death” and kill you.
W75dY TIL in 1913 Trotsky, Tito, Freud, Stalin, and hitler all lived in Vienna
ALKl TIL that the Pangolin is the most trafficked animal in the world.
kJwDW TIL that after his presidency, George Washington opened a whisky distillery