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TIL that the man being executed in the infamous Saigon Execution photo had just been caught murdering police officers and their entire families, including women and small children.

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E1VZp TIL about the Three-Fifths Compromise, where slaves were counted as 3/5 of a citizen. The Southern states wanted more seats in Congress than they might achieve with only white people, but counting them as equal would be plainly hypocritical, since slaves did no have the rights of free people.
7ZNx TIL Brett Favre’s first completed pass as a Green Bay Packer was blocked by an opponent. The ball was then caught. By Brett Favre. His first pass was to himself.
1a5GP TIL Trident chewing gum contains pork
EgQJ7 TIL Scott Joplin, the groundbreaking "King of Ragtime", died penniless of syphilitic dementia in 1917 in a sanitarium at just 48 and was buried in an unmarked grave, largely forgotten until a revival of interest in ragtime in the 70s led to him winning a posthumous Pulitzer Prize.
Oo4L1 TIL that in China, people will rather kill you than hit you with their car to avoid paying medical fees. Since killing someone is just a 1 off payment versus a long compensation.