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TIL that it wasn’t until 1970 that the exclamation point consistently had its own key on most typewriter keyboards! If your typewriter didn't have one, the convention was to type a period, then go back and type an apostrophe above it!

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P6kE TIL that when the Robertson family was shipwrecked in the Pacific Ocean, the only water they had was poisonous. The mother gave the others enemas to safely hydrate them with it. The family survived for 37 days before rescue.
Nj78 TIL Alan Shepherd, first American in space, told reporters his final thought before takeoff was “the fact that every part of the ship was built by the lowest bidder”
v190R TIL the US government preformed radiation tests on unknowing US citizens in the 1940's and 50's. Victims included patients visiting hospitals for various reasons, prisoners, pregnant women, and mentally disabled children.
xBGk TIL You can buy a completely renovated and converted Boeing 727 jet that accommodates 23 people for less than the cost of a Ferrari
Xxl8 TIL- Typically, three drugs are used in lethal injection. Sodium thiopental is used to induce unconsciousness, pancuronium bromide (Pavulon) to cause muscle paralysis and respiratory arrest, and potassium chloride to stop the heart.