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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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L7mm TIL that 70% of all Canadian blood plasma is actually sourced from the United States, where donors are regularly paid for their donations.
Y7ZjZ TIL that The nucleus is very small compared to the size of the atom. As an analogy, if the atom where the size of a baseball stadium, then the nucleus would be smaller than a baseball, perhaps closer to the size of a ping pong ball. Most of atom is, in fact, empty space.
N7l9e TIL the history of wrestling on the radio goes back some sixty years. With the likes of George Cannon, Ric Carter, John Arezzi and then in more recent years with The LAW, Busted Open Radio and countless podcasts. It appears that it will only continue to grow in popularity.
VBwR8 TIL Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, who started the persecution of Catholics, died in 1616 and for many centuries it was believed to be from over-eating tempura, a dish invented by Catholics during Lent while they were visiting Japan in 1543, which was the same year the Shogun had been born. (Maybe Cancer)
lo6BA TIL that Star Trek's William Shatner and Nichelle Nichols performed the first interracial kiss on TV. At the time polls showed that fewer than 20 percent of Americans agreed with interracial relationships.