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TIL that Lisbeth Salander (Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) is based off of what the Stieg Larsson thought Pippi Longstocking might be like as an adult

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PYxvZ TIL in Waco Texas, 1916, 10,000 people watched the lynching of Jesse Washington (castrated, burned, and mutilated for 2+ hours) A photographer sold postcards of the event. Prominent citizens eventually persuaded photographer to stop selling them fearing the images would come to characterize the town
W70ZB TIL A chess robot in Moscow broke the finger of its 7-year-old human opponent after the boy made a quick move without waiting for the robot to complete its turn.
vemB TIL today is two milliseconds longer than yesterday.
ybXv TIL in the 16th century, Ishikawa Goemon was sentenced to death by being boiled alive in an iron cauldron along with his very young son, but was able to save his son by holding him above his head. His son was then forgiven
4Xjeb TIL George Washington never wore a wig. He was a natural red head and powdered it white to look more fashionable.