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TIL Nelson Mandela was on the U.S. Terror Watch List until 2008

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RRM6 TIL in 1740, a 16-Year-Old English Boy, having been convicted of rape and murder, was hanged by the neck for 20 minutes. After being cut down, his body was sent to be dissected when he began to show signs of life. After making a full recovery, his sentence was commuted to exile.
mx64E TIL Loretta Lynn's Song "Coal Miner's Daughter" is 100% a true story. The song describes her dad working all night in the coal mine and hoeing corn all day. Her father really was "a coal miner and subsistence farmer," and she really was born in Butcher Hollow, KY.
OQmg TIL the song “Stairway to Heaven” has more radio air time than the amount of time that is has been a song. (It was released in 1971)
oL5E TIL that during the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic games, NBC dropped a tribute to the victims of the 7/7 attacks, instead cutting to an interview with Ryan Seacrest
ZpkOD TIL That More than 100,000 babies are born addicted to cocaine each year in the U.S., due to their mothers' use of the drug during pregnancy