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TIL that Gene Wilder personally created the Willy Wonka introduction scene where he fakes being crippled.

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JYGrl TIL during the French Revolution , Robespierre law of 22 Prairial, year II (June 10, 1794), streamlined revolutionary justice, denying the accused any effective right to self-defense and eliminating all sentences other than acquittal or death. Leading to almost 800 execution/month
8mpL TIL electric vehicles predate the model T, and in the year 1900, comprised 38% of cars on the road
dED7 TIL: Astronauts can lose up to 22% of their blood volume while in space.
W4d8 TIL that after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Canada declared war on Japan before the United States did.
noOG TIL that the Creator of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, helped two falsely accused men out of prison after solving the already closed cases.