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TIL that public guillotine executions in France were stopped after someone recorded the execution of convicted murderer Eugene Weidmann.

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R5Vm6 TIL on 9/11/01 a guest at the Marriott World Trade Center hotel, located at the base of the towers, awoke to the first plane crashing but went back to bed. He then got up, turned on the news, took a shower, packed his things, and only decided to evacuate when the South Tower collapsed onto the hotel
neKA7 TIL that Rodney Dangerfield smoked pot at the White House during the Reagan administration.
okbA TIL that in the North Korean Gulag daily rations amount to less than 500 calories per day, the physically challenged are forced to do hard labor and the death rate is 1,000 to 2,000 per year.
J7DQ TIL that “Weight Watchers is owned by the Heinz corporation. Slim-Fast is owned by Unilever […]. And Nestlé owns Jenny Craig.”
7NlZ TIL that there is little research to support the existence of learning styles.