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TIL inmate executions take so long that nearly a quarter of inmates on death row in the U.S. die of natural causes while awaiting execution.

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RLx8 TIL Brazilian prisons offer to reduce the sentences of their prisoners by 4 days (up to 48 days/year) for every book they read and write a report on.
nerRr TIL that Sam Houston, for whom the city of Houston is named, was deposed as governor of Texas by the legislature after refusing to support the Confederacy, saying “you may win Southern independence if God be not against you, but I doubt it.”
xB8g TIL that negotiating with any country on behalf of the US is a felony if you haven’t been given the authority to do so.
V4M4 TIL - That in the Jackie Chan Adventures, Jackie Chan’s voice was actually done by another actor, James Sie.
x04o TIL that during a visit to Boeing, Soviet scientists secretly applied adhesive to the bottom of their shoes in order to covertly collect metal samples from the floor.