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TIL that many of the hangings during the Nuremberg trials were carried out with short rope that caused prisoners to die a long, lingering death from suffocation, rather than an instantaneous death from a broken neck.

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BgOEW TIL that cats get named “mittens”or “boots” or “socks” so often because of white fur on their paws (hey, they look like mittens, boots, or socks). It was right there in front of me my whole life. It just suddenly entered my brain as I was talking to my daughter about “Mittens” rhymes with kittens…
d86wZ TIL the origins of Banjo Kazooie can be traced back to Project Dream. Developer Rare had spent 16 months developing the game. When Rare saw Super Mario 64, it made their project look outdated. The company completely then scrapped all work on Project Dream and began development on Banjo Kazooie.
b9B0Q TIL that In 2015 a Chinese woman who was missing for a decade and presumed dead was found living in an internet cafe playing games for 10 years.
m1wYp TIL Canadian contest winners have to successfully answer a math question to receive their prize
ejoD TIL at the age of 17 Bill Hicks’ parents took him to a psychoanalyst, who, at the end of the session, told him “it’s them, not you”.