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TIL that Dean Martin named one of his daughters Deana

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Z8R8Y TIL That Victor Harry Feguer, the last person to be put to death in the state of Iowa, requested his last meal consisting of just an unpitted olive. The seed found in his stomach implied that he had hoped for an olive tree to sprout forth at his burial site
NXGvJ TIL in 1965-1966 Agostino "Angus" Giuseppe A Barbieri fasted for over a year (382 days) under medical supervision to lose 276 pounds. During that time he only consumed vitamins, electrolytes and yeast as well as zero-calorie drinks. The only exceptions were small amts of milk and sugar with his tea
YgZZ TIL Quarantine comes from the Latin word for 40, which was the number of a days a ship had to wait to dock because of the plague…
awpON TIL the Netherlands leads the world in daily coffee consumption, with the population averaging 2.4 cups per day
rR08M TIL: of Brooks Law - if a project is late, adding more people to it will make the project take even longer. The solution to getting the project done faster is to actually remove developers from the project