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TIL about types of stone walls in New England - pasture or crop walls

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MxD7 TIL That British soldiers executed Indian rebels by tying them to the mouth of a canon, then firing…
loLLK TIL in 2012 a 80 yo lady safely landed a plane after her husband, the pilot, had an heart attack and died while flying. She had never flown before.
e0N5 TIL Since 1988, US Presidential Debates aren’t debates at all, but closer to scripted news conferences where questions are agreed upon by both parties, answers are rehearsed into concise sound bites, and third parties are discouraged from participating.
6Eb8l TIL a 2011 study found that playing the vuvuzela in a crowded event was an incredibly efficient way to spread a respiratory virus, over 100 times more than shouting.
R7Rpa TIL the last words of Alexander Blackwell, “I’m sorry for the mistake but this is the first time I’ve been beheaded.” Spoken after he laid his head on the wrong side of the chopping block and was corrected by the executioner.