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TIL that Texas no longer offers last meals to Death Row inmates prior to their executions.

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v1n98 TIL: The US Army, Navy and Air Force have massive, taxpayer-funded sports programs that compete with universities, and they aren't required to disclose their finances
j6PbE TIL that "fridge" comes from the brand "Frigidaire", one of the first to sell fridges in the world...
0wQXR TIL that Moscow has more people than Berlin, Madrid, Paris, and Rome combined.
b6pl9 TIL about the Roughnecks of Sherwood Forest. They were American oil drillers who traveled from Oklahoma to the UK and helped contribute over one million barrels of much-needed oil to fuel the war effort against Germany during WWII. This oil was crucial to the Allies' victory over the Axis powers.
VMrB4 TIL The Barlow lens was invented in the 19th century by Peter Barlow and can increase the magnification of any telescope eyepiece used with them, usually 2 or 3 times