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TIL France was still executing criminals by guillotine after ABBA won Eurovision

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Q4xp TIL that CBS aired a Muppets special shortly after Jim Henson’s Death. The Muppets performed most of the special without knowledge of whom or what it was for and it was not until reading letters from children that they found out he had passed away. He left us 23 years ago today.
GAAXN TIL we get the word “tomato” from the Nahuatl people of Mexico.
v1rD8 TIL: The disorder that causes “smooth brain” is called Lissencephaly. Males are more likely to inherit the disease and are more severely effected. Females who inherit the disease may have mild symptoms, or even appear completely healthy with no symptoms.
m1knM TIL about self-inflaming plants, such as this cistus plant, which ignites itself to outcompete surrounding flora
4XRgJ TIL after his arrest, Serial Killer Rodney Alcala was discovered to have over a thousand photographs of various women and boys in his possession. In 2016, Alcala was charged with a 1977 murder after a dead woman was identified from one of the photos. Police are looking for help to ID more subjects.