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TIL the youngest United States citizen to receive a life sentence was Florida’s Lionel Tate, due to accidentally killing his neighbor while wrestling. At the time of the accident he was only 12 years old.

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JyXm TIL if everyone lived like a resident of the United States, we would need the resources of 4.5 planet Earths for sustainable supply.
vPEej TIL that the commonly quoted figure of 150 deaths from falling coconuts worldwide annually is a myth based on extrapolation from 2 anecdotal reports from Alotau, Papua New Guinea over more than 4 years. Only 22 reported cases of death by falling coconut have happened since 1777.
EgkQo TIL Southwest Airlines attempted to use the slogan "Just Plane Smart" which was similar to "Plane Smart," already being used by Stevens Aviation Inc. An exec at Stevens offered to settle it with a winner-take-all arm-wrestling competition. The "Malice in Dallas" event happened on March 20, 1992.
PY6Rg TIL: Plymouth, Montserrat the world's only ghost capital of a political territory. The town was abandoned in 1997 after continuous volcanic activity, but it still recognized as the island's capital.
JY0v1 TIL: Different horse breeds have different gaits, that relate to breed specific mutations in the DMRT3 gene. This gene controls the spinal neurological circuits related to limb movement. eg: Icelandic horse breeds can perform a four-beat lateral ambling gait known as a tölt.