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TIL Americas first public crucifixion will take place tomorrow

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9YZyQ TIL many people believed Abraham Lincoln was ugly, including himself. Once, when he was accused of being “two-faced” during a debate, he replied, “If I had two faces, would I be showing you this one?”
R7V91 TIL Anne Frank died of a typhus epidemic that ravaged Bergen-Belsen rather than by execution.
9YQOG TIL both "soccer" and "football" are just nicknames for the sport, and the actual name of the sport is "association football." Additionally, the term "soccer" was invented by the British as an abbreviation for "association."
bQd9 TIL Golf is the only sport that allows for fans, sitting at home, to call (or e-mail) with rules infractions.
Bryvb TIL when Paul Verhoeven first received the script for Robocop, he threw it away in disgust after glancing through it. His wife picked it up from the bin and read through it more thoroughly, and persuaded him that it had more substance than he initially thought.