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TIL that a pet bird once helped solve a murder.

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690ZW TIL about Iceland's most famous witch trial in 1656, where a father and son, both named Jón Jónsson, were burnt at the stake for using "farting runes" (magical symbols) to curse a woman and a priest with chronic abdominal pain and weakness.
VMe00 TIL that the UC Santa Barbara Library has thousands of late 19th/early 20th Century wax cylinder records, with many available to listen online
oRVKW TIL about 1 in 20 people sleep with their eyes open
Med8A TIL cult leader Jim jones was once a civil rights leader
PYBAL TIL Every year, an estimated 59,000 people die from rabies because once symptoms appear, there is little-to-no hope for the infected individual, as there are NO treatment options. This makes it one of the deadliest viruses.