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TIL that putting live birds in a pie was a form of entertainment in the 16th century. An Italian recipe book of 1549 described how to make a pie so that the birds survived and 'flew out' when it was cut open. This practice was also found in 1725 in a cookery book by John Nott.

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OG94Y TIL the pomato is a plant produced by grafting a tomato onto a potato plant, both of which are members of the Solanum genus in the Solanaceae family. The plant produces both cherry tomatoes (generally, depending on the grafted variety) on the stem and potatoes on the underground part.
ADP9d TIL that in 1987, Mr. T angered his neighbors of Lake Forest, Illinois by cutting down more than a hundred oak trees on his estate. The local newspaper referred to the incident as "the Lake Forest Chain Saw Massacre".
LQylm TIL that after having a hit with Ain't No Sunshine in 1971, Bill Withers refused to quit his job at a factory for some time afterwards, believing that the music industry was fickle. The album cover of the album which features the song is a photograph of Withers outside the factory where he worked.
kOZEd TIL fines were introduced to decrease the number of parents late to pickup their child from school. This actually doubled them, because people felt their tardiness was okay because they paid the fine for it.
N7ZMQ TIL In 1982 video game company, Mystique, released a game called Custer's Revenge for the Atari 2600. The game received immediate backlash because the player controlled the character George Custer, sporting a visible erection, whose main goal was to find and "abuse" native women tied to poles.