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9YAvM TIL that when Cato the Younger attempted suicide in secret to avoid capture by Caesar, his sword missed any vital organs, slicing open his stomach. When he awoke to a doctor stitching him up, Cato pushed him away, tore out his intestines with his bare hands, and died on the spot.
mEPy TIL only one of the 40,000 American soldiers who deserted during World War II was punished by execution
y8D8 TIL 19 states in America have laws in place to discourage building of local/community Internet services because big ISPs lobby against it.
BrYJy TIL Musician Ritchie Valens (La Bamba) died at the age of 17 in a plane crash, 8 months into his recording career.
e0vv6 TIL The first recorded autopsy was performed in 44 B.C. on Julius Caesar to determine which of the 23 stab wounds he received had killed him. (It was a chest wound that severed his aorta.)