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TIL the last hanging in the US was in Delaware in 1996

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KYr9J TIL Emperor Nero added events such as poetry, singing, acting and playing the lyre into the Olympics in 67 AD and declared himself the winner in all of them. He also 'claimed' victory in four-horse chariot race despite entering with ten horses and getting injured when he was thrown from his chariot.
loWwK TIL Adidas is named after founder Adolf Dassler. In WW2, some of its football line became known as "Kampf" and "Blitz."
VMYQ TIL there’s enough gold in Earth’s core to coat its surface in 1.5 feet.
p6OA TIL that ‘saddam hussein’ is a golf term meaning to go from bunker to bunker
njo7 TIL that to cure the stuffiest of noses, just pinch your nose and nod your head up and down.