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TIL attorney Albert T . Patrick was executed for the murder of William M Rice. Patrick was initially caught trying to steal the endowment for Rice University

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E11OW TIL that captive orcas still hunt. They use bait to catch wild birds.
JeaQ TIL a California girl sued the Boy Scouts of America after they wouldn’t let her join because of her gender. She lost.
8NZL TIL: Seven people across the world will hold a keycard which when put together will reboot the key part of the World Wide Web should a security breach, natural disaster or terrorist attack disable it.
wgVJ TIL in 1861, slave Robert Smalls stole a confederate ship and took it to the Union. He was given command of a Union ship, became a general then purchased his owner’s house and let the sick wife of his owner live there until she died. He became literate and then served 5 years in Congress.
VMLa8 TIL that there is a court in England that convenes so rarely, the last time it convened it had to rule on whether it still existed