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TIL there were 49 civilan casaulities in Pearl Harbor attacks

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QJx1L TIL Clyde Barrow of crime-duo Bonnie & Clyde was sentenced to a 14 year prison-sentence for auto theft in 1930. Two years into his sentence he decided to chop off two of his toes in order to get out of doing hard labor. Unbeknownst to him, he would be paroled six days later.
BgXjk TIL, that the oldest potted plant in the world was brought to kew gardens in London in 1773 and is still there today.
VMmQ4 TIL about Ishikawa Goemon, a Japanese ninja who was a Robin Hood-like figure and was sentenced to death by being boiled alive along with his infant son.
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