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TIL A man was sentenced to 12 years in prison for killing and eating the last indochinease tiger in China

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8j5K TIL most states allow security cameras in dressing rooms, some behind two way mirrors.
5Yewp TIL of Punch and Judy, a popular puppet show from the 1600s. In the show, Punch usually ends up killing his baby, his wife, a policeman, the devil and a variety of other characters by beating them with his ‘slapstick’. The phrase “pleased as punch” comes from Punch’s gleeful self-satisfaction.
VEQQ TIL Sylvester Stallone was the third person Ever to be nominated for Best Actor and Best Writer Oscars in the same year (for Rocky), following only Orson Welles and Charlie Chaplin.
j6EdN TIL Michael Jordan scored 38 points against the Utah Jazz in 1997 despite suffering vomiting and diarrhea from food poisoning. The “Flu Game” shoes he wore were later given to a ball boy from the Utah Jazz.
VM5bm TIL that prior to 1976, Oklahoma had a lower drinking age for women than for men