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TIL that a judge used pictures from a botched execution using the electrical chair to convince the state of Florida to not use that method anymore for executions.

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oper TIL The Sesame Street character Ernie’s song “Rubber Ducky You’re The One” made it to #16 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1970
4k4ag TIL: During WW2 the nazis tried to draft Michael Ende, the author of The Neverending Story. The 14 year old Ende tore up his draft papers and joined the Bavarian resistance instead
9YOym TIL that the term “mental retardation” which we now deem “inappropriate”, was a medical term for people with intellectual impairments, invented to replace terms that were more offensive. The American Association on Mental Retardation introduced it to be a neutral term in 1961.
ADvdl TIL The city of Washington D.C. launched a manhunt for "Jimmy," an 8-year-old heroin addict profiled in a Pulitzer-winning article. Mayor Marion Barry announced that Jimmy had been found and was being treated, which was revealed to be a lie after the entire article was also revealed as a lie
d864E TIL That the military has digitized most military records and I can now get my DD214 within a few minutes, instead of the few weeks it used to be.