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TIL a man suffered a fatal stab wound from a knife-wielding chicken while watching an illegal cockfight in California

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6LEQ TIL a 5 year old child was sacrificed in Chile after the largest earthquake ever recorded. The two charged were released after 2 years, as the judge ruled they “acted without free will, driven by an irresistible natural force of ancestral tradition.”
X0JWk TIL about Jerry Thomas, considered "the father of American mixology." In 1862, Thomas collected and codified the oral tradition of recipes from the early days of cocktails, including the first written recipes for the Fizz, Flip, Sour, Punch, and Tom Collins.
VMyQG TIL that ex-presidents are not allowed to drive
b1bE TIL Julius Caesar was kidnapped by pirates, who demanded 20 talents of silver for his freedom, however Caesar told them to ask for 50. When the ransom was paid and he was released, Caesar raised a fleet, pursed and eventually captured the pirates and had them crucified.
61OX TIL that during Passover, Coca-Cola sells coke with sugar instead of corn syrup in areas with a substantial Jewish population because corn syrup isn’t kosher.