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TIL that everyone expected the Spanish Inquisition. People were given 30-40 days notice to prepare their defense case.

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evWb TIL that George Clooney pranked his friend by cleaning his friends cats litter box so his friend thinks his cat does not poop and then George takes a dump in to the box making it look like the cat took a huge dump after several days
QJvEM TIL that as a young man, Abe Lincoln was an accomplished wrestler who lost only one match out of 300. He is even enshrined in the wrestling hall of fame.
DP4r TIL When Silly String was invented, it was intended to be used as an instant, spray-on cast, and it worked! Today, soldiers use it to detect trip wires.
7r6ar TIL after the Napoleonic Wars, scavengers harvested bones from the battlefields to use as fertilizer.
WkvY TIL that a man named Corey Taylor faked his death to get out of a Verizon cell phone contract