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TIL that Olivia Wilde‘s birth name is Olivia Jane Cockburn
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TIL James D. French was an American murderer who was put to death in 1966 by the electric chair. His last words were: “How’s this for your headline? ‘French Fries’”.
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TIL that when Cato the Younger attempted suicide in secret to avoid capture by Caesar, his sword missed any vital organs, slicing open his stomach. When he awoke to a doctor stitching him up, Cato pushed him away, tore out his intestines with his bare hands, and died on the spot.
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TIL USA had thousands of horse mounted "mechanized" cavalry in World War II and horses were eventually replaced by Jeeps.
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TIL In Italy they can ask you a certification of "being alive". People can self-certificate of being alive. Death can't be self-certificated, though.
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TIL it is the tradition in Sri Lanka for children to throw their baby teeth onto the roof of their house in the presence of a squirrel.