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TIL that in 1996 a woman solicited a man to torture and kill her in the first case of Internet mediated consensual homicide

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b9wDa TIL the expression “sweating like a pig” makes absolutely zero sense. Pigs are physically incapable of sweating.
JYQkl TIL that a Canadian satirical political party, the Rhinoceros party threatened to declare war on Belgium. Said war would be cancelled if the Beligan embassy brought a case of mussels and Beligian beers to the party's Montreal hindquarters(sic). The Belgians did actually delivered
prb4 TIL that George Washington was bled to death by doctors who were treating him for a cold. Bloodletting was a common medical practice at the time in order to remove “dirty blood,” when in reality it only weakens the patient. Half or more of his blood was removed within a few hours.
Brx0b TIL that hen filming the underwater scene in Alien Resurrection, Winona Ryder faced a challenge, as she nearly drowned as a kid. Instead of using a double, knowing it would be obvious, she faced her fear and filmed it, but suffered from anxiety later on
VB1KG TIL Yogi Berra found out what a bidet was in 1954 when visiting the italian hometown of his parents and had a handfull of them sent to his american home.