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TIL: In 1914 The Suffragettes tried to blow up the Coronation Chair

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VM0Gm TIL in 1830 George Wilson was convicted of robbing a postal carrier and sentenced to hang. He was pardoned by Andrew Jackson. He refused the pardon. The Supreme Court ruled that a pardon could not be forced on him. So they hanged him.
wYYE TIL every year, more police officers commit suicide than are killed by the guns of felons
9AQQ TIL that in 2006 PETA killed 2,981 pets and only 12 were adopted and in 2008 the Centre for Consumer Freedom petitioned to have PETA reclassified as a ‘slaughterhouse’
AD6kw TIL A man was arrested for trespassing at the Budweiser brewery. His name? Bud Weisser.
wLkEP TIL Gangster Henry Hill (Ray Liotta's "Good Fellas" character was based on him) was put in the Federal Witness Program. However, after multiple relocations the Feds finally kicked him out because he kept getting drunk and telling his neighbors who he really was.