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TIL Knott's Berry Farm did a Cinco de Mayo promotion where guests would enter the park for only 5 cents. The park closed its gates at 10 a.m. after reaching capacity, turning away 4,000 people from the park, and getting so hectic that over 200 officers in riot gear were called in to restore order.

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YBlr TIL The Act of Habeas Corpus 1679 was only just passed . When the votes were counted, there were not enough Lords in favour, so it was decided that one of the Lords, because he happened to be fat, was worth ten votes. It started as a joke, but remains on the statute books to this day.
kX8g TIL that only one person verified to have been born in the 19th century remains living today: Emma Morano of Italy, born November 29, 1899.
rRgVe TIL that Kirsty MacColl died while pushing one of her children out of the way of a speedboat owned by a billionaire. A deckhand claimed he, and not the billionaire was responsible for piloting the boat. He paid a fine of $90 to avoid prison.
94kQ TIL Quentin Tarantino’s ‘64 Chevy Malibu was stolen from the set of Pulp Fiction in 1994. It was recovered in 2013.
D9QP TIL there is a full episode of “Everybody Loves Hypnotoad”