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TIL that Jean Bedel Bokassa declared himself Emperor of Central Africa, and spent a quarter of the annual state budget on just the coronation alone, while 66% of the country lived on less than $1/day

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wdKJ TIL a guy cut off the head of his pregnant wife’s lover with a knife in a phonebooth and delivered it to her bedside while she was in the hospital
W0P8 TIL one of the eight rules in the American mafia is that you cannot have facial hair.
epjj6 TIL a former TX Justice of the Peace, Eric Williams is currently on death row, convicted in the 2013 deaths of the Kaufman County Criminal District Attorney and his wife. They were killed in a home invasion-type assault on their property. He was charged in a 3rd death of a criminal justice official
0wJdR TIL the pocket calculator, patented in 1967, was one of the earliest uses of rechargable batteries. One of the creators, Jerry Merryman, saw it not just as a pocket calculator, but as an "electionic revolution," bringing buttons, thermal printing, and rechargable batteries to the forefront.
e9d5 TIL guys getting lubed up with olive oil and wrestling in Turkey is the world’s oldest continuous sanctioned sporting competition.