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TIL using two spaces after a period is absolutely wrong.
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TIL Albrecht II of Bayreuth, a famously cruel ruler once picked a random man from a crowd and ordered him to perform an execution. Due to the severe social stigma attached to executioners he couldn't return to his job as a woodcutter,he was condemned to carry on as an executioner and so was his son
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TIL the musicians of the Titanic were legally considered independent contractors rather than crew, so their families received no survivor benefits.
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TIL that brown recluse spiders are pretty badly misunderstood and are nowhere near as dangerous and terrifying as everyone thinks they are.
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TIL the Idaho traffic code allows for bicycles approaching a stop sign to slow to a “reasonable speed” but does not mandate a full stop. This is commonly known as the “Idaho Stop”
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TIL about Thomas Aikenhead, the person in the United Kingdom to be executed for blasphemy. Only 20 at the time for his death, his execution in 1697 was intended to be used by the Lord Advocate, Sir James Stewart as a warning to those who would hold opinions contrary to traditional Christian beliefs.