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TIL West Virginia has a landlocked lighthouse

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E8yw TIL That a 2 year old boy sat up in his coffin during his funeral, asked his father for a glass of water, then died again. Nobody knows what happened.
v1k7 TIL in 1692, an impoverished widow and mother of 8 named Susannah Martin fell victim to the Salem Witch Trials and was hanged. Her great-great-great-great Grandson would become the 21st President of the US, Chester A. Arthur.
Mepjb TIL flea circuses used actual fleas, and one reason they died out is because human hygiene improved so circuses ran out of performers.
gp4L TIL of a Canadian child molester who posted about 200 swirled images of his face online molesting kids in Cambodia and Vietnam. German investigators figured out a technique for unswirling the images, leading to his arrest.
Zbga TIL After a Polish impostor who claimed the throne of Russia was found out. He was executed, burned, and had his ashes shot out of a cannon back towards Poland.