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TIL that George Tunney was executed via electric chair when he was 14 in 1944 only to have his conviction vacated 70 years later

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vPNAB TIL that Pinky Promise started in early modern Japan (1600-), presumably from the older punishment of cutting fingers for friendly fire, and by the late 1800s it was common among children across different parts of the world
GYKkJ TIL Who Let The Dogs Out by the Baha Men is a cover of a song that came out a year before it in Trinidad
wL1L8 TIL: The 2002 Iraqi presidential referendum, according to “official statistics”, had a “100% turnout” in which every eligible voter in the country of 11.4 million, supposedly voted “yes” to continuing Saddam Hussein’s rule. Not a single vote for “no”.
jNAER TIL the snow used in the Wizard of Oz was 100% pure asbestos.
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