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TIL executioners would also often be medical practitioners due to their knowledge of anatomy

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6996Q TIL Danish Pastry Are Not from Denmark But Was Brought There by Austrian Bakers
gpnL TIL That Wild Bill Hickok once escaped being shot by waving his hand at onlookers behind a mounted gunman and yelling, “Don’t shoot him in the back; he is drunk.” The gunman wheeled his horse around, and before he realized he had been fooled, Hickok shot him through the temple.
Ooakg TIL that there have been at least six instances of chimpanzees stealing and eating human babies.
VBERD TIL One serving of Kiwi has more potassium than a banana, more vitamin C than an orange, and more vitamin E & K than an avocado. (Page 4)
VMQyD TIL A meteor travelling over central Italy in AD 312 brought Constatine closer to the Christian faith. Today that meteor can be found at Cratere del Sirente in central Italy. The carbon dating proves to be around the time Constatine saw it and had his vision.