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TIL attempted suicide was illegal in Britain in the late 19th century. The sentence? Hanging.

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4XQMw TIL that taxidermists use beetles to clean bones for skeletal displays.
JEj4 TIL the Slinky was conceived of in 1943 by Richard James. While working at a shipbuilding company, he watched a torsion spring fall off a table and flip end over end. His wife came up with the name Slinky after looking through the dictionary for a word that described the motion of the spring.
v4o4 TIL that Robert Zemeckis was so frustrated with the cliffhanger ending of The Empire Strikes Back that he purposely put the trailer & release date for Back to the Future 3 at the end of Back to the Future 2 so that the audience would know that the story would be completed in six months.
mx6No TIL Sailors from 1700-1980 used distillation of sea water to create safe drinking water and current navy fleets can desalinate more than a million of gallons of water a day and be used in times of drought on land.
jN9jv TIL of the Studillac, an aftermarket Studebaker coupe with a top speed of 125MPH and capable of going from 0-60 in 8.5 seconds thanks to its 210-horsepower Cadillac V8 engine.