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

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npjG TIL that the French lost more men in battle during the American Revolution than the Americans did.
omgY TIL in 1953, after co-discovering the structure for DNA, Francis Crick stormed into The Eagle pub - interrupting people’s lunch - to announce they’d “discovered the secret of life.” The pub serves ‘Eagle’s DNA’ beer to this day.
rRmZe TIL that gyros, döner and shawarma, which are similar types of food cooked on a vertical rotisserie, all mean "turning" in different languages.
X0VRR TIL William Grant Still's Symphony No. 1, Afro-American, performed in 1931 is considered the first symphony by a Black American composer to be performed by an established orchestra. It is a “blues symphony,” with blues theme in call-and-response with horns and woodwinds and ends with a spiritual
nWnkr TIL that the film Independence Day (1996) still holds the record for the ‘most miniature model work to appear in one film’. The record is now expected to hold forever due to CGI advances.