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TIL that there is a women's soccer team called Gotham FC

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GAxpg TIL that William Calcraft, the notorious English hangman, carried out around 450 executions. To hasten death, he would sometimes pull on the condemned person's legs or even climb on their shoulders in an attempt to break their necks. Calcraft conducted the last public execution in 1868.
WkOAd TiL When F4 Phantom pilots were carrying a nuclear payload, they were issued an eye patch. Before they flew into the target area, they would put the eye patch on, just in case they accidentally blinded themselves with one of their own nukes, they'd still have one good eye. Link is a pilot interview
9YY8Q TIL English has at least 38 different ways to spell the vowel sound in "say". For example <eigh> (eight), <alf> (halfpenny) <au> (gauge) etc.
xd55 TIL: There was a limited edition publication in 1953 of Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 bound in asbestos to prevent burning.
LQMWp TIL lemurs get high on millipedes