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TIL that no criminal named "chad" has ever been executed by hanging

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MeJOa TIL after an Iranian government contract for a British company was cancelled and given to Siemens instead, a British embassy investigation revealed that it was because Siemens' Iranian sales agent allowed the Shah to sleep with his wife in exchange for the contract.
LQ5X9 TIL that the Catholic Church in USA and Europe outsources its Mass Intention requests to India
XEOZ6 TIL the sun loses about 6 million tons of mass every second due to nuclear fusion and the solar wind. Despite losing that much material, it has only lost about 0.05% of it's original mass over the past 4.5 billion years.
a8w19 TIL in 2015 the US Forces wanted to update the 'loose lips, sink ships' warning from WW2, Warning against sharing information with others outside the forces. They had to tailor it for the Social Media generation, and came up with: 'loose tweets destroy fleets'.
4aEa TIL a female physician had an affair with a male physician. No intercourse took place, only oral sex. She secretly took the sperm from her cheeks to impregnate herself. She later sued for child support and won.