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TIL that France was using the guillotine into the 1970s

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0DDR TIL that after his crimes were discovered, serial killer Marcel Petiot grew a beard and joined the police using the alias Captain Valeri. “Valeri” was assigned to find Petiot until someone recognized him, months later.
e09Yk TIL about the Ice block expedition of 1959. Norwegian Company GlassVatt, inspired by a challenge from Radio Luxembourg, transported a 3 ton ice block from the Arctic Circle, all the Way to the Equator in Gabon. Despite travelling across the Sahara, most of the Ice made it.
xReB TIL that at 73 years old, Ronald Reagan received a recruiting letter from the Marine Corps while he was President
yQpMe TIL Benazir Bhutto (11th, 13th PM of Pakistan) and Liaquat Ali Khan (1st PM of Pakistan) were both assassinated in the same park and rushed to the same hospital. The doctor who attempted to revive Bhutto in 2007 was the son of the same doctor who tried to revive Khan in 1951.
Ox1L TIL Canada has a semi-professional women’s pillow fight league