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TIL that in 2011, condemned inmate Lawrence Russell Brewer requested an elaborate and expensive last meal prior to being executed which he then refused to eat. The state of Texas has refused last meal requests ever since.

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MZyV TIL that the Soviet Union could have vetoed the Korean War, but did not. Their delegates were boycotting the UN over a separate issue when the resolution was proposed.
gr9w8 TIL pee can be mixed with lunar dust to make sturdy space cement that could hold 10 times its own weight
R7EM6 TIL that a woman who successfully underwent a lung transplant went into anaphylactic shock after eating peanut butter. Prior to her transplant she never had problems eating peanuts. She learned the 12 yr.old who had donated the lungs had had a peanut allergy, and had died from an anaphylactic shock.
Z8YKB TIL that 'goodbye' is a contraction of the phrase 'God be with ye'
6AgZ TIL The Bush family owns land in South America that sits atop a water reserve (aquifer) that could supply the world with 200 years of fresh drinking water.