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TIL death row prisoners of Tennessee can choose between death by lethal injection or death by electric chair

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OovJ7 TIL that in 1758, Carl Linnaeus, in his book Systema Naturæ, divided humans into five "subspecies:" the white, sanguine, and powerful Europeans; the yellow, melancholy, and severe Asians; the red, choleric, and stubborn Americans; the black, stony, and lax Africans; and the "wild, monstrous" others.
Lyp0 TIL in 1999, a man broke into George Harrison’s home, nearly killing George by stabbing him over 40 times. His reasoning was that he had been sent on a mission by God to kill George because he was as a sorcerer and a devil.
BrJAK TIL: That in the 1980s a group of scientist found that male Jewel beetles in Australia were mating with discarded beer bottles as they looked like very sexually attractive females; glossy, dimpled and brown. Afterwards, the beer company changed their bottle design.
8eJ7K TIL that the Great Chinese Famine (1959-1961), one of the deadliest famines in history, was significantly worsened by the socialist policies of the Chinese government, leading to an estimated 15-45 million deaths.
78AOO TIL that the opening scene of Jeepers Creepers is based on the true story of killer Dennis Depue.