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TIL Willie Francis survived the electric chair because the person that set it up was drunk. He unsuccessfully argued to the US Supreme Court that executing him again was double jeopardy. He died in the electric chair a year later.

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oRBQW TIL After France's surrender to Germany, the French Navy and over seas colonies remained under French directive. The government was moved to Vichy in the south, where an occupation 'Free Zone' was established that encompassed half of the county. This zone was ruled as an autocracy by the French.
PY5lL TIL it was common in medieval England to sell your wife to another man since divorce was prohibitively expensive
Jra8 TIL of Cymothoa exigua - a parasite that severs the blood vessels of a fish’s tongue and becomes a new functional tongue. Only known parasite to replace an entire organ.
JNR8 TIL that–although he is better known for inventing the pressurized cabin and collapsible landing gear–Howard Hughes also invented and patented the push-up bra.
1aR6d TIL: Tupac Amaru Shakur's mother was a black panther activist who named her son after an Incan ruler who, in the late 1700s, lead the largest rebellion in Spanish Colonial history. The rebellion was unfortunately unsuccessful and he died as a consequence.