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TIL In 1648 a military drummer in French Canada was sentenced to death for being homosexual. He was pardoned on condition he became the colony’s first permanent executioner

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0dA0j TIL the style of moustache worn by Hitler was called "The Toothbrush." It was made popular by Charlie Chaplin.
R71oj TIL that people go to restaurants to eat diseases for fun.
X8pD TIL that Rosa Parks was sitting in the colored section of the bus during the infamous incident in Montgomery; she was asked to vacate her seat, in the front row of the colored section, because the white portion of the bus was filled.
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v6x TIL that in 1972 a radio was designed that ‘sneezed’ every 6 months in order to protect the microprocessors from dust