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TIL that just before Thomas Harrison was hanged and disemboweled he was asked for forgiveness by his executioner. He is quoted as saying “"I do forgive thee with all my heart. The Lord grant that this sin may be not laid to thy charge.” He then gave all of the money he had to his executioner.

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DmoP TIL that in order to prevent the Germans from taking control of Iceland during WWII, the British invaded Iceland and occupied it (with American assistance) for the duration of the war.
vPd6x TIL about Su Kong Tai Djin, the Kung-Fu Werewolf, a Shaolin monk born in 1849 with Hypertrichosis (a condition causing full body hair growth). Abandoned in a forest by his parents, he was raised by Shaolin monks. He practiced by fighting bears and defended the coast from pirates.
gpy8 TIL of Operation Paul Bunyan which included 60 US troops, 64 South Korean Special Forces troops, 7 attack heli’s, an array of attack jets, nuclear ready B-52 bombers, and 12,00 troops on stand-by to finish cutting down a tree after North Korean soldiers killed 2 US soldiers cutting a tree.
rN6Nw TIL that a portuguese writer had his books criticized by the portuguese goverment, which made him go into exile in Spain, however, he ended up being known in Portugal and when he died his body returned to his country.
8nga TIL that the ‘Big Mac Index’ is an economic tool published annually by The Economist to measure the purchasing power parity between two currencies. It compares the cost of Big Macs world-wide to determine whether currencies are over-valued or under-valued.