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TIL Ruth Snyder was executed by electric chair on January 12, 1928. She was secretly photographed mid-execution, which became the first photo of an execution by electric chair printed in media.

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xpGb TIL Marc Bloch, a loyal Frenchman & historian, was captured by Nazis in Vichy France & lined up to be executed. Next to him during the execution a boy groaned, “This is going to hurt,” which then Bloch replied, “No, my boy, it doesn’t hurt.” He held the boy’s hand & shouted “Vive La France!”
A9lx TIL Ostriches are the largest and heaviest birds in the world, they can outrun Leopards, their kick is strong enough to kill a Lion, male Ostriches can roar like a lion and they can see as far as 2.2 miles (3.5 km).
VMmNp TIL that in 1772, a boy named Tarare was born with a peculiar deformity. He was able to eat anything without feeling full even after eating pounds of food. He died in 1792 from Tuberculosis, not obesity.
5Y8y9 TIL the first manned balloon flight in the United States would have failed if the pilot and the passenger had not removed all extra weight from the craft including their clothes and the contents of their bladders.
XKkQ TIL that in Canada voters can use their fishing license, label on a prescription container or even a library card as a voter ID.