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TIL that Geezer Butler of Black Sabbath fame once got arrested for punching a Nazi in a bar

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x667B TIL In 1014, Byzantine Emperor Basil II captured several thousand Bulgarian soldiers, put them into groups of 100, and blinded 99 in every group. The last soldiers had only one eye gouged out and were ordered to lead their blind friends home. Upon seeing this, Tsar Samuel died of a heart attack.
MeyWW TIL in 1987 Ruthie Mae McCoy was murdered by assailants hiding in her apartment walls that crawled out of her bathroom mirror cabinet.
xVm41 TIL during takeoff, until past 10'000 feet, airline cockpits are "sterile" meaning any discussion must be related to the flight and nothing casual.
x7lo TIL of polypropylene “string” breast implants (now banned by the FDA) which irritate the breast tissue causing them to fill with fluid, resulting in “cartoonishly large breasts”. The continual expansion means the fluid must regularly be removed by a surgeon.
o0e7 TIL that when the first hot air balloon landed after its maiden flight, it was immediately destroyed by pitchfork-wielding peasants