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TIL that Tommy Zeigler is the longest-serving death row inmate in the United States. He was sentenced to death by Florida in 1976 for killing 4 people in 1975. Over nearly 50 years, a team of lawyers, a private investigator, a true-crime author and others have uncovered major issues with the case.

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nereo TIL: "Tired and emotional" is a British euphemism for alcohol intoxication (or drunkenness).
QNPYE TIL: In the religion of ancient Rome, a haruspex was a person trained in haruspicy, the divination practice of inspecting the entrails of sacrificed animals, particularly the livers of sheep and poultry. The reading of omens specifically from the liver is known by the Greek term hepatoscopy.
nyxd TIL that Okapis have 14 inch long prehensile tongues and are capable of reaching and cleaning their own eyes and ears with it.
Y7KMB TIL that orphaned Northern resident orca Springer(official designation: A73), the only wild orca to be rescued, rehabilitated, and returned to the wild successfully, now is a mother of two, Spirit(A104) and Storm(A116)
dpdK TIL that President Harry S. Truman’s middle name was literally the letter “S”