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TIL Texas no longer offers a special “last meal” to condemned inmates. Instead, the inmate is offered the same meal served to the rest of the unit.

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OKl4 TIL of a condition called ‘dactylolysis spontanea’, where a person’s toe just randomly falls off, and doctors have no idea why it happens
dDXG9 TIL: In Season 7 of "Married With Children", Peggy's cousin "Seven" was introduced. His parents (played by Bobcat Goldtwait and Linda "Exorcist" Blair) come to visit the Bundys and abandon him while getting cigarettes. He lasted 12 episodes before vanishing, last being seen on a milk carton.
OEAY TIL In 1960, Slinky inventor Richard James left his wife and their six children to join a cult down in Bolivia. His wife, Betty, took over and turned the failing company completely around. In 2001, Betty was inducted into the Toy Industry Hall of Fame.
9wrmX TIL the last Grand Duchess of Russia passed away in 1960 in a small Toronto apartment
rN4j4 TIL the 2013 El Reno tornado was more than 2.5 miles wide and had multiple vortices in it’s interior moving at speeds of 177 mph across the ground. It is the first known tornado to cause the death of storm chasers, tossing their car 600 feet through the air.