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TIL The Nuremburg Executions didn't go according to plan. The hangman had lied his way to the job, and had no pre-war experience. The Nazis hung for 14-28 minutes before being suffocated. The trapdoor was also too small, meaning some had bleeding head injuries when falling.

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rGeo TIL The Sustainable Dance Floor uses the kinetic energy produced when people move as a source of energy that is then converted into electricity. People will be able to generate their own energy to illuminate the space around them, just by walking over SEF modules.
vPYBD TIL that in the 1970 film Waterloo, to recreate the battle sequences, production hired 17,000 members of the Soviet Army and trained them in 1815 battle formations.
aZYM TIL Alice In Chains’ lead vocalist Layne Staley in response to an article in 1998 asking, “Who will wipe and change the band now?” after their manager retired, Layne mailed a jar of piss and a bag of his own feces to the magazine with a note attached that read, “Wipe and change this, motherf***ers!”
oJK8 TIL that upon their return to Earth, the Apollo 11 crew were quarantined in a special facility for 21 days just in case they were bringing back any moon germs.
MK4A TIL that there will be a full moon on this coming Friday the 13th. There won’t be another Friday the 13th with a full moon until 2049.