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TIL Japan's execution system is done only by hanging, with prisoners in "detention centers" being taken to an execution chamber and dropped to their death using a trapdoor.

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10Kr TIL US mothers in the year 2000 put in 30% more hours into childcare than in 1965, even though families today are far smaller, far more moms work, and far more dads help out with childcare. In total about 6x more time and effort is put into the average modern child than one in 1965.
go89 TIL Dolph Lundgren is the actor that has killed the most characters in action movies.
PyoL TIL that Grant Imahara of Mythbusters volunteered to build Geoff Peterson–the gay robot skeleton sidekick on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson–if Craig got him 100K Twitter followers.
M7xwm TIL that "The Nutcracker" ballet wasn't considered a success when it premiered in 1892. It wasn't performed in the United States until the 1940s and didn't gain widespread popularity and develop into a holiday staple until the 1960s.
vQM8 TIL that without the composer’s knowledge, Gene Roddenberry wrote lyrics to the original Star Trek theme in order to claim a 50% share of the music’s performance royalties