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TIL Robert Damiens, who tried to kill Louis XV, had his hand burned with sulphur. Molten wax, molten lead, and boiling oil were poured into him. Then he was partially dismembered by harnessed horses and the executioner completed it with an axe. Then his still-living torso was burnt at the stake.

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V7NQ TIL-Ronnie Van Zant, told his band he will never live to see 30.Van Zant’s father said when Ronnie was younger,“He said to me many times, ‘Daddy, I’ll never be 30 years old.’ I said, 'Why are you talking this junk?’ and he said, 'Daddy, that’s my limit.’” He died at the age of 29 in a plane crash.
8eNJ8 TIL of hepatic pregnancy, where the site of implantation occurs in the liver.
berZ TIL that it was Richard Nixon who unilaterally ordered the discontinuation of the United States’ biological and chemical weapons programs.
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OoLY7 TIL officials in New York City have killed over 70,000 birds to date since the US Airways Flight 1549 accident (also known as the "Miracle on the Hudson"), in order to prevent similar accidents