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TIL executing minors in the US wasn't ruled unconstitutional by the supreme court until 1993.

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Xgr6 TIL A Chicago reporter once asked Frank Sinatra’s first wife what she saw in him, calling him “a 119 pound has-been.” She told him, “Well, I’ll tell you — nineteen pounds is cock.”
WkXAL TIL when Mark, a Texan plumber, traded in his F150 in 2013, the dealership asked him not to remove the decals. Somehow the truck made it to the hands of Islamic militants, and Mark's truck with his decals appeared in propaganda videos. In one day, Mark received over 1000 calls and death threats.
6RAl TIL that Hitler was not a German Citizen until age 32
gM4A9 TIL in 1956, a fighter plane shot itself down because it was faster than the bullet it shot
OoKkL TIL that the last date that all living humans were together on Earth was November 2nd 2000. Since then there has always been someone constantly onboard the International Space Station.