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TIL in 1996 Georgia considered House Bill 1274, which made provisions to allow for execution by guillotine

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xLp7 TIL during 1946 nuclear weapon tests in the Pacific, animals were put on ships in the blast area. Goat #119, behind plate armour inside a gun turret, died from the radiation in 4 days. Goat #53, out on deck, died in 2. Pig #311 was found swimming around and was brought back to the zoo in Washington.
N9WE TIL: Killer bees are a manmade hybrid species that are only found in the wild because they accidentally escaped quarantine in 1957.
d8WdK TIL about the Doomsday Algorithm - a method to mentally calculate the day of the week given any date based on the fact that 4/4, 6/6, 8/8, 10/10, 12/12 all occur on the same day of the week regardless of the year.
DODj TIL that in the DC universe, there’s an ordinary Earth housecat that was chosen to be a member of the Red Lantern Corps for the great rage in his heart.
BgMQK TIL: How Rapper 50 Cent Made Shaquille O'Neals Car Beyond Famous