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TIL that in England, suicide was considered a felony "punished at common law by burial in the public highway with a stake driven through his body." Attempted suicide was a misdemeanor.

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g9xy TIL that Canada has no national rule on sewage treatment, and dumps a staggering amount of human excrement, toxins and pharmaceuticals directly into rivers and the ocean
NZDN TIL that in January 1997, the capitol of Ghana rioted over accusations of penis snatching wizards. Several people were killed by mobs who accused them of using magic handshakes to kidnap penises and hold them for ransom.
l71pa TIL that in the Civil War, Black US troops served as guards at POW camps for Confederate soldiers
QJ0mE TIL that the U.S. refused to repay massive revolutionary war debts to France after Frances own revolution, claiming the debt was owed to the prior regime
Dwpr TIL the American Unknown Soldier of Vietnam was identified in 1998, exhumed and reburied with full honours. The tomb of the unknown of vietnam is now a memorial for Honoring And Keeping Faith With America’s Missing Servicemen