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TIL Pain tolerance is reduced by sleep deprivation.
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TIL In Florida, executions are carried out by a private citizen who is paid $150 per execution.
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TIL one of the first uses of biological agents for murder was in Calcutta, 1933, when Benoyendra Pandey secretly injected Plague into his brother on a train station over a property dispute. He had a previously failed attempt using Tetanus laced spectacles
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TIL Wednesdays are the most common day of the week for suicides in the US.
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TIL Charles de Gaulle was promoted to a 2 star General in 1940 and never chose to promote himself. During crises President de Gaulle would don his old military uniform which would result in a 2 star general giving orders to 5 star generals.
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TIL that trees go through a process similar to hibernation called dormancy, and that is what keeps them alive during the winter.