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TIL that Speed Of Gravity Is Equal To The Speed Of Light

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YgOG TIL that the bodyguard Walter H. Thompson saved Sir Winston Churchill over 20 times including from shrapnel during the Blitz, plots by the IRA, Indian nationalists, Arab nationalists, Nazi agents, Greek Communists and the deranged.
R5jV1 TIL the electric chair was invented by a dentist 'who was accustomed to performing procedures on subjects in chairs'
0x7A TIL that there are 3,278 people in America serving life without parole for nonviolent offenses
nevyW TIL of Carl, a 5-year-old deaf boxer who is unbothered by court noises and accompanies kids during depositions and trials. He offers a sense of protection for children while they face their abusers in court.
1JQV TIL in 2003, Kirk Jones drunkenly swam over the Niagara Falls, earning himself a $2,300 fine and a lifetime ban from Canada.