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TIL: The last official use of a Guillotine was in 1977

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b9ZO4 TIL about Freddie Oversteegen. She, along with her sister and friend, would flirt with Nazi collaborators and lure them to the woods for a promised makeout session. Once they reached a remote location, the men got a bullet to the head instead of a kiss.
mxvvR TIL Camels originated in North America. About 3 - 7 million years ago, they migrated over the Bering Strait to Asia. They also migrated to South America and became Alpacas and Llamas. Around the last ice age, they went extinct in North America.
YGbr TIL If you live in Europe, you are living in the safest place at the safest time in human history. You are far more likely to kill yourself, than be harmed by someone else.
Mkkb TIL Fingerprints are not unique, and a Portland, WA attorney was arrested for the Madrid train bombings because his fingerprint matched an Algerian terrorist.
gMrwW TIL: Flexible fridge magnets are magnetized in rows of N/S pairs, which you can mess or fix with strong magnets