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TIL that 88% of execution by lethal injection go underdosed, with 43% having post-portem concentration indicating awareness.

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0xkv TIL that a town in China produces 60% of all the xmas decorations in the world
j6rRv TIL that despite their presence in pop culture, the Nine Realms of Norse cosmology are never clearly defined or listed in any of the sources of old Norse folklore that survived to the modern day
GdNE TIL the Outer Space Treaty, signed by all major space faring nations, prohibits claiming territory in space or on celestial bodies. Space is considered “the shared heritage of mankind”
VxGQ TIL that in 1943 the United States Supreme Court ruled in West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette that government officials cannot force anyone to participate in patriotic rituals.
oROnE TIL the song Hound Dog by Elvis Presley was not originally by Elvis. The original performer of the song was Big Mama Thornton, a blues and R&B singer who recorded it in 1952, 4 years before Elvis recorded it