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TIL that Ching Shih was a pirate leader who terrorized the China Seas in the early 19th century. She is widely considered to be the most successful pirate in history, based on the fact that she commanded the largest crew ever assembled, and that she died in her own bed as a free woman.

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0kxy TIL after a botched execution by lethal injection in which the condemned man writhed in pain for over 30 minutes the warden stated that the condemmed man was actually just “stretching to see a clock in the death chamber”
lvxB TIL a Buddhist monk left a note with instructions on how his body should be handled after death, once his body was exhumed in 2002 after 80 years it was in perfect condition.
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NXLV8 TIL That L Ron Hubbards Grandson is a renowned Slam Poet and activist against Scientology.
RQj6 TIL of Methuselah, one of the oldest trees in the world, located in California. It’s location is kept secret to protect it.