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TIL Japanese Death Row inmates are not told their date of execution. They wake up each day wondering if it might be their last.

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loyEA TIL the infamous "Year without a Summer" after the Tambora eruption in 1815 led directly to the invention of the bicycle, as people were forced to eat horses and other farm animals due to failing crops. They were called Laufmaschine or "dandy horses" and propelled by Flintstone-style foot power.
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