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TIL someone died after being stabbed in the leg by a rooster. The bird had a knife attached to its limb to take part in cockfighting.

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epeYJ TIL in 1981 George Thorogood and the Destroyers completed their "50/50 Tour", in which the band played shows in all 50 US states in 50 days. In fact, they played a concert in Washington, D.C. on the same day that they performed a show in Maryland, thereby playing 51 concerts in 50 days.