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TIL that the Governor of Georgia from the early 1930s had two men executed for murder - despite a third man pleading guilty - because, ‘they looked like the criminal type’.

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6E5VX TIL: France was the first country in Europe to ban all five pesticides killing bees
ewOJ TIL that a Singaporean pilot, Tsu Whey Ming, committed murder/suicide by intentionally crashing the 737-300 he was piloting, killing all 104 people on board, and that the Indonesian authorities covered up the report prompting the U.S. NTSB, in an unprecedented move, to publicly contradict them
p8b7G TIL that German industrial metal band Rammstein has had the same members since its formation in 1994. This is because they've respected each others' wishes to take breaks, whether for personal reasons or to focus on side projects.
QN0Ld TIL the myth about fake olive oil was started by an industry study out of California that has never been replicated.
VBrQ TIL there is a company that will anonymously mail shit (yes, actual shit) to your enemies.