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TIL in the US in 1996, Georgia State Representative Doug Teper unsuccessfully sponsored a bill to replace that state's electric chair with the guillotine.

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6Ebal TIL /remembered about the Balloon Boy Hoax
V984 TIL On August 31, 1986, five-year-old Levan Merritt fell into the gorilla enclosure and lost consciousness. Jambo stood guard over the boy when he was unconscious, placing himself between the boy and other gorillas in what ethologists analyze as a protective gesture.
graVW TIL The Wiggles we’re the highest earning band in Australia in 2013, beating out both Keith Urban and AC/DC.
K1kQ TIL: OSHA allows all employees who have not received specific training to refuse cleaning biohazards like vomit, blood, feces, etc.
ADOJ7 TIL crude oil comes chiefly from dead microorganisms, not dinosaurs