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TIL When Ottoman envoys, citing a religious custom, declined to remove their turbans when meeting with Vlad (Dracula) the Impaler, Vlad saluted their devotion and decided to strengthen their custom by having three spikes driven through each of their heads, pinning the turbans in place forever.

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OojLg TIL that the Judgement of Solomon has parallels in many other traditions such as India (where the Buddha asks to two mothers to tug war the child's body)
VBEkm TIL that before 1950 Chickens were largely grown by Farming Wives as a sideline, and Americans ate no more than 6 birds per year per person. Post 1950, chicken farming became industrialized. Now the average American household eats Chicken 3-4 times a week for a total of 30 birds per year per person.
9wWnX TIL In the summer of 1936, Gerald Ford worked as a seasonal park ranger at Yellowstone National Park. One of Ford’s assignments was as an armed guard on the bear-feeding truck.
P7Nw TIL Prince Jefri Bolkiah of Brunei has a harem of forty women, including a former Miss USA who sued the Sultan for keeping her and other women as sex slaves but lost the lawsuit after the Prince claimed diplomatic immunity
gMWnA TIL: Rebel Wilson pursued an acting career after she contracted malaria and hallucinated that she was a famous actress winning an Oscar.