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

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0wXBA TIL that if "Finding Nemo" was scientifically accurate, Nemo's dad would have just changed sex and mated with his son after his mom's death
e0JG5 TIL "Lepidobatrachus laevis" despite its cute appearance is also known as the "Freddy Krueger frog" due to its aggressive "chomp and hold attitude"
0wwkR TIL after years of inbreeding by kennel clubs, modern bulldogs' noses are so squashed they can barely breathe, their heads are so big they almost always have to be born via C-section. Their tails can become ingrown, they all have hip dysplasia, and their average life expectancy is 6 years.
OoooX TIL the Sputnik 1 didn’t have any sensors, only a radio transmitter and it was launched 60 years ago.
DlZr TIL that there are fake Harry Potter books written in China using material from other authors, with titles such as “Harry Potter and the Filler of Big” and “Harry Potter and the Chinese Overseas Students at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry”