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TIL that cruise ships have morgues on board

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Oo141 TIL that Joseph Guillotin, who proposed the idea of the guillotine as a less painful method of execution, was born prematurely because his mother was in distress after hearing the screams of a man being tortured to death.
w79J Til that originally, Barney the dinosaur was going to be a blanket before he was potrayed as a dinosaur.
Lkxpr TIL Jeffery Dahlmer was converted and baptized in prison in 1994, where he continued meeting with the minister who baptized him. The pastor received a Thanksgiving Day card in November 1994, thanking him for teaching him God's word. Dahlmer died a few days later.
jNg6E Til that Uruguay has the highest cow to human ratio of the world with a 3.59 ratio which is 12 million to 3.3 million approx
R1Rj TIL in 1911 electric cars were seen as cleaner, quieter, and easier to use than gasoline-powered cars.