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TIL many of our tropes of supernatural witches come from the profession of beer brewster during the middle ages.

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kONXd TIL mail-order service Columbia House was responsible for over 15% of all CD sales in 1994. Its practice of "negative option billing" is now banned in 15 states and most Canadian provinces and the service shut down in 2009. A class action lawsuit was filed in 2011 due to inability to cancel.
PkNV TIL the original female winner of the 1980 Boston Marathon had her title stripped away when it was discovered that she didn’t complete the entire race. She had earlier competed in the New York marathon, and an investigation revealed that she took the subway for part of the course.
gMDEb TIL that Lincoln loved cats so much that he once fed them from the table during a formal White House dinner. When his wife told him that it was “shameful in front of their guests,” he replied “If the gold fork was good enough for former President James Buchanan, I think it is good enough for Tabby.”
0wZVy TIL that during a special premiere of the James Bond movie "The World is Not Enough" that was held at the MI6 building in London, MI6 staff cheered when their building was destroyed in the film.
XEnYk TIL that in S1 E6 of Rugrats, a group of criminals target millionaire "Ronald Thump" to kidnap his kid for ransom, but instead mistakenly kidnap Tommy.