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TIL the skin on your lips is the same as the skin on your butt hole

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QxoX TIL in 1884 there were four men stranded on a lifeboat without food or water. After 20 days, two of the men decided to kill and eat the weakest. Four days later, the men were picked up and rescued. The two men that killed and ate their crew member were later charged and found guilty of murder.
xnrk TIL in 1903, dozens were killed in a Chicago theater fire. The mayor, owner, and building commissioner were all indicted; however, the only person to serve prison time was a tavern owner who looted the corpses of the victims.
m1PkE TIL during the 1920 trial of Elmer Fisher for the illegal ownership of alcohol, the jury took 1 of the bottles submitted as evidence when they went to deliberate to make sure that it was whiskey. After some time passed, the jury asked for a 2nd bottle. A short time later, it found Fisher not guilty.
ep6PJ TIL in Jewish tradition, the Tzadikim Nistarim refers to 36 people whose role in life is to justify the purpose of humanity in the eyes of God
Pwrn TIL that in classical Athens, which is considered the place where democracy was born, only 30.000 adult male citizens had a right to vote. Their laws and decisions affected as much as 2,5 million people in the period of Athenian hegemony.