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TIL Guy Fawkes managed to jump from the execution scaffold and break his neck, so he could die instantly rather than face more agony from further torture.

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9w00G TIL that the number of US federal government employees has hovered between approx. 2.7Mil and 3Mil since 1967. Lowering the per capita ratio from 1.5 employees per 100 people to 0.9 employees per 100 people.
VB6pG TIL the Grand Army of the Republic, a fraternity composed of veterans of the Union Army, Union Navy, and the Marines who served in the American Civil War, was dissolved in 1956 at the death of its last member, Civil War veteran Albert Woolson. At its peak, the organization had 410,000 members.
8akEa TIL A British border agent was fired after he added his wife to the no fly list while she was visiting family, stranding her in Pakistan for 3 years
YanW TIL Lady Gaga’s ‘Telephone’ and Rihanna’s 'Umbrella’ were both originally written for Britney Spears, while ’…Baby One More Time’ was written for TLC
Jod4 TIL there are more nuclear reactors powering ships (mostly military) than there are generating electric power in commercial power plants worldwide.