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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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Bvwe TIL that the FBI tried to infiltrate a mosque in Irvine by sending one of their agents to incite terrorism. The people of the mosque reported him to the FBI instead.
KOMB6 TIL that the braille on all drive-thru atms is for visually impaired people to use when riding as a rear passenger in a vehicle. Braille on atms is federally mandated, and helps maintain financial privacy by allowing blind individuals to bank without having to disclose their pin to a driver.
OGngX TIL one of the key factors in the Nazi Blitzkreig was the wide use of Pervitin, an over-the-counter methamphetamine, available in Germany. The drug allowed soldiers to go sleepless for up to three nights and "dulled feelings of empathy, hunger and thirst and reduced sensitivity to pain."
jNOaM TIL Triscuits are salted on one side only
OoVyY TIL - Cinco de Mayo is not the day for Mexico's independence, it is The date to to commemorate the Mexican Army's difficult victory over the French Empire at the Battle of Puebla.