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TIL death clerk is the informal title for the US Supreme Court employee who tracks pending executions across the US to coordinate with justices on legal actions, even outside of work hours

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NLnJ TIL Hippo milk is pink.
AW1w TIL in 2007, a man in Allen Park, Michigan built a working guillotine and then used it to behead himself.
v1nNB TIL Punishment by whipping-post remained on the books in Delaware until 1972, when it became the last state to abolish it.
v18O7 TIL about Kukulcania arizonica, aka the “Arizona black hole spider.” They ensnare insects by creating a velcro-like netting, inside a crevice, often on the wall of a building.
5V5Lk TIL that the MTR, Hong Kong's public transit system, has a 99.9% on-time rate, meaning 999 out of 1,000 passengers arrive at their destination within 5 minutes of their scheduled time