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TIL JP Morgan, Andrew Carnegie and John D Rockefeller escaped military service in CivilWar by paying $300

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VMJkm TIL that Keelhauling was considered one of the worst forms of punishment in naval history. The victims were dragged along the keel of the ship and died frequently because the barnacles on the hull of the ship cut open their body which was incredibly painful.
4XEDX TIL That the Church of Satan will not grant membership to minors, (so any teenager claiming to be a card-carrying Satanist is lying.)
YQWP TIL Costa Rica is home to 10% of the world’s known butterfly species.
XEOkr TIL In the early 1960s, The Price Is Right gave away prizes like an airplane, a submarine, a swimming pool, and a house in Florida.
jAWn TIL that the most severe capital punishment in Ancient China was the “Nine familial exterminations”, which involved executing the offender, his parents, grandparents, children, grandchildren, siblings, siblings-in-law, uncles, and uncles’ spouses.