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TIL how Jeffrey Dahmer would torment guards in prison and threaten to cannibalize them

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Zkka TIL The total value of unused store gift cards in the USA is over $44billion.
5VWJ9 TIL it is the sperm that determines the sex of the baby prior to conception. The egg is always an X chromosome, if the sperm is X the baby is female (XX), if the sperm is Y the baby is male (XY)
JYL11 TIL that the electric chair is still a method that can be used for death row inmates in Tennessee. Inmates can decide on their own method of execution in the state. Some opt for the electric chair due to their fears of lethal injections.
JLVV TIL The man who wrote the documents of surrender signed by Confederate general Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Courthouse on this day in 1865 was a Seneca Indian named Ely Parker( born Hasanoanda). Upon meeting him Lee extended his hand and said, “I am glad to see one real American here.”
mVLR TIL there is an extinct genus of ape, Gigantopithecus blacki, which stood up to 3 metres tall, weighed as much as 540 kg and have actually been contemporary with modern humans for tens of thousands of years. (Sorry if repost)