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TIL that during his execution by firing squad, Marshal Ney of France was permitted to give the order to fire himself.

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kOw9E TIL that in 1994 Rashida Jones (Karen from The Office & Ann from Parks and Rec.) wrote an open letter to Tupac in response to remarks made by him about her parents' interracial marriage. They eventually patched up their differences and Tupac went on to become friends with Rashida and her family.
8LaG TIL there is an electric bell in Oxford University that has been ringing almost continously for 175 years.
Me7AA National Geographic Emerging Explorer Leslie Dewan is helping to revolutionize the nuclear power industry by designing a safer, more efficient alternative to today’s reactors.Conventional nuclear reactors only use about 3 to 4 percent of uranium’s accessible energy. The energy left behind is what makes conventional nuclear waste—radioactive for hundreds of thousands of years—so dangerous. Extracting more of the available energy reduces the radioactive lifetime of the waste. To this end, Dewan is helping to develop techniques that extract 96 percent of the available energy.
pNZA TIL German toilets are specially designed to prevent splashback and allow you to inspect your poop.
7rm4b TIL Ice cream originated in Ancient China