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TIL Florence Nightingale invented the pie chart

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g0nD TIL the last person found guilty of witchcraft in England was Helen Duncan in 1944. She was famous for using papier mache dolls as ‘spirits’ and fake ectoplasm made of cheesecloth
QNLnp TIL of Virginia planter Robert Carter. Iluenced by his Baptist faith, Carter began what became the largest manumission and release of enslaved African Americans, freeing 500 slaves and settling many on his land.
WRGX TIL that a computer scientist created a program that would teach itself how to beat old NES games. The AI worked out that the only way to beat Tetris was to pause the game just before losing and never resume it.
dDe8Z TIL that Judge Judy settled pet dispute by setting the dog free in court to choose his person
WkpmB TIL that a common form of execution in ancient Asia was by elephant. The elephants were also trained to dismember or torture people slowly. In some places, it continued until the 19th and 20th century.