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TIL in 2004 a man in Florida was convicted of 1st degree murder for lending his car to a friend.

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x6y6g TIL that following Zimbabwe's narrow win over Pakistan in 2022 ICC T20 Cricket World Cup, Zimbabwean fans reminded Pakistan of having sent comedian Asif Muhammad, a doppelganger of Mr. Bean, in 2016. Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa also asked Pakistan to send the real "Mr Bean" to Zimbabwe.
rk4M TIL that in 1258 the Mongols destroyed Baghdad. Survivors said that “the waters of the Tigris ran black with ink from the enormous quantities of books flung into the river and red from the blood of the scientists and philosophers killed.” The siege marked the end of the Islamic Golden Age.
M7b7a TIL tattooing was a fad among Victorian aristocrats, especially women. They hid their ink, since it was still associated with criminals. King Edward VII, his sons, and Winston Churchill's mother all had tats. The fad spread to the US, where one paper said ~75% of upper class women were tattooed.
n61r TIL the first auto-tuned song was Cher’s “Believe” (1998) it was coined the “Cher-Effect” at the time.
Y7XNG TIL that 70-86% of choking victims recovered after receiving the Heimlich maneuver.