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TIL that every Fry’s Electronics has a different theme, ranging from 1893 World Fair, to Industrial Revolution, to 1950s sci-fi

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OoK54 TIL Charles McCarthy decided to take his own life rather than fall into enemy hands. The Ashanti promptly removed his head and took it in triumph back to their capital at Kumasi. It was made into a gold-rimmed drinking cup for the use of their king.
ky9g TIL in May, 2017, a big game hunter famous for pioneering “Monteria Hunts” where packs of dogs scare big game animals toward groups of hunters died after an elephant fell on him
9YW7p TIL a Dutch student was suspended from school in 2008 after uploading a video showing him slapping his penis against the Taj Mahal. The act of slapping one's penis against an object is called "swaffelen" and was voted word of the year in 2008 in the Netherlands.
JYNWj TIL that Michigan has a formal and informal way to spell “marijuana”
nejab TIL A British Fertility Doctor Impregnated Women With His Own Sperm 600 Times.