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TIL Texas maintains a database of death row inmates’ last words

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wLBj7 TIL that only mammals to experience menopause are humans, killer whales and pilot whales . It is thought that older females have evolved to forfeit their ability to reproduce so they can use their energy to nurture their daughters’ offspring. This is known as the ‘grandmother hypothesis’.
p0QG TIL during the American Revolution, many untrained American soldiers used bayonets to cook meat over fires rather than using them for close combat. After receiving bayonet combat training from a Prussian general, the American Army was able to win an entire battle without firing a shot
78lQp TIL that Lucretia Garfield, widow of murdered U.S. president James A. Garfield, effectively established the first presidential library by overseeing the construction of a library on her property, to house all of her husband's books and presidential documents.
1mgd TIL in the USA you get a medal if you donate the organs/body of a deceased loved one
E8jW TIL that anyone who has ever received a blood transfusion in the United Kingdom or France is permanently ineligible to donate blood in the United States.