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TIL the last person in the United States to be executed by hanging was convicted murderer Billy Bailey, who faced his death 20 years ago in 1996. When given the choice of lethal injection, he declined in favor of a noose, declaring it the more “barbaric” choice.

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Z89Ap TIL women taking on their husband's surname began in the 9th century when women did not have legal identity and therefore took on the husband's name to be legally covered by his identity.
JYakm TIL Brazil's Kayapo people rejected money from dambuilding companies. "We have decided that we do not want a single penny of your dirty money... Our river does not have a price, our fish that we eat does not have a price, and the happiness of our grandchildren does not have a price"
MelN7 TIL - the average body temperature of a “healthy” human has actually dropped from 98.6 degrees to 97.5 degrees over the past 150 years
PYxOO TIL that in 1970 the fifa ball was changed to black and white (from traditional brown) so the viewer watching in b/w TV's will be able to see the ball clearly,even though the vast majority of footballs were then still brown.
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