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TIL that public hangings at the West Virginia State Penitentiary were stopped in 1931 when a prisoner was decapitated by the hanging process

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MeagK TIL New Orleans architectural historian Samuel Wilson, Jr. stated that the term "shotgun" house is a reference to the idea that if all the doors are opened, a shotgun blast fired into the house from the front doorway will fly cleanly to the other end and out at the back.
8elvV TIL God Save the King is one of New Zealand's two national anthems, alongside God Defend New Zealand. In contrast, apart from the UK, other Commonwealth realms solely regard it as a royal anthem. New Zealand is thus one of two countries with two national anthems, the other is Denmark.
a8MBZ TIL about the Tartarian Empire theory, which posits that Tartary– an archaic European phrase for Asia– was actually an advanced lost civilization that was wiped out via global "mud floods." Historical architecture across the world is claimed to represent remnants of the empire.
0B51 TIL of former billionaire Chuck Feeney who secretly gave away his $8 billion fortune over many years until a business dispute inadvertently revealed his identity. He gave away his last $7 million in 2016.
ARl7 TIL Hitler didn’t hate ALL the Jews. He protected one of them and named him “the noble Jew”.