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TIL the last use of the guillotine in France was 1977

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90AD TIL that in 2007, a Texas man saw his neighbor’s empty house being burglarized. He told 911, “I’m not gonna let them get away with it.” After they left the house he said, “I’m gonna kill him”, and then went outside and shot both men in the back, killing them. The grand jury found it was justified.
GAX7j TIL the lowest reported body mass index (BMI) ever recorded was only 6.7 kg/m²
mvZO TIL The Sydney Funnel-web spider has fangs larger than a brown snake’s.
ROr9 TIL Kevin Smith, funded his first film Clerks, by maxing out several credit cards and selling most of his comic book collection and using most of his college fund along with insurance money from a car he lost in a flood just to pay for a film it at a convenience store he worked at.
R7586 TIL that the Michelin Guide, suspended during WWII, was reprinted for the Allies as it was deemed to have the most up-to-date maps.