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TIL that when notorious murderer Carl Panzram was sentenced to death, he refused to appeal and threatened to kill any activists who attempted to intervene on his behalf

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dDMZZ TIL that the VitaminWater class-action lawsuit resulted no compensation for the consumers, and Coca Cola/Glacéau could continue marketing VitaminWater as “nutrient enhanced water beverage”.
yVNGw TIL Alice Allison Dunnigan was the first African-American female White House correspondent. She was also the first Black female member of the Senate and House of Representatives press galleries
lwQ7 TIL the phrase “Let them eat cake” has no record of being said by Marie Antoinette during the French Revolution. It was used in Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s autobiography, which was written when Antoinette was 9 years old.
aw9JL TIL that crows can and do hold grudges. Researchers in a specific mask trapped 7 crows, resulting in the entire flock harassing anyone in this mask for years, even when disguised with a hat. This means the crows recognized the face and also communicated the grudge to crows who had not seen it.
pYPBQ TIL there are about up to 4000 species of cockroaches in the world, and the population exceeds 2.5 trillion roaches