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TIL that death row inmate Sean Sellers was executed despite a Court of Appeal ruling that he may be “factually innocent” but that “innocence alone is not sufficient to grant federal relief”

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6EPyW TIL about “rallying,” a phenomenon where a terminally ill person appears to get better before dying
npv7 TIL that limes were used as a military secret by the British navy, as scurvy was a common scourge of various national navies, and the ability to remain at sea for lengthy periods without contracting the disorder was a huge benefit for the military.
R7MV7 TIL Scott Swift is a wealthy Merrill Lynch banker who purchased a 3% stake ($120,000 ) of the independent label Big Machine Records, the label that first signed his daughter Taylor Swift.
69rm TIL that you can send a written letter to McDonalds requesting pieces for their Monopoly promotional game, and they are required to send you four pieces. [Section 3.B]
NXxmM TIL more people died taking selfies (379) than from shark attacks (90) between 2008-2021.