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TIL all corgis suffer from achondroplastic dwarfism

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VMYKZ TIL of Richard Lawrence, who in 1835 attempted to assassinate President Andrew Jackson at a funeral using two pistols shot point blank. When both misfired, the President severely beat him with his cane, after which he was wrestled into submission by Davy Crockett.
4WD5 TIL the highest fee for crossing the Panama Canal was $375,600, while the lowest fee was 36 cents by someone who swam through it
p8LWN TIL Ethel Rosenberg's execution did not go smoothly. After she was given three electric shocks, attendants removed the strapping only to have doctors determine that Ethel's heart was still beating. Two more electric shocks were applied, eyewitnesses reported that smoke rose from her head
v1ld7 TIL the image of a black man kneeling has been an icon for black rights since the 1700's. A popular image of the abolition movement was made into jewelry worn by abolition supporters.
m1Dgy TIL between 1949 - '69 the US Army conducted 239 open-air tests of biological agents on unknowing US civilians in San Francisco, New York, Washington DC, Key West and more. In 80 of those experiments the Army said it used live bacteria.