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TIL in early Roman times, a father could legally kill anyone in his family

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XEEwP TIL death row inmates in Japan are held in solitary confinement and “told [when] they are to be hanged just hours before they are taken to the gallows.”Their families are notified only after their demise.
nelLr TIL in 1984, a group of cannabis growers in Northern California sued the federal government, alleging they had been subject to illegal surveillance by U2 spy planes.
LQLZ9 TIL that Danny Glover is the great great grandson of Harriet Tubman
yQm0J TIL When George Foreman won the heavyweight championship at age 45 against Michael Moorer, he wore the same trunks he wore when he lost the title to Muhammad Ali 20 years prior.
8ePkP TIL That Alexander Keith Jr, the nephew of the famed Canadian brewer, was a US confederate spy, blew up a freighter with dynamite for insurance fraud, was blamed for missing ocean liners, and had his severed head on display until it was destroyed by German bombing