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TIL George Stinney, the youngest American who was sentenced and electrocuted to death, always carried a bible in his hands during his trial. The same bible was later used as a booster for the electrocution chair as he was too small for it.

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BgMNb TIL the Moon "wobbles" during its orbit, showing us a little more than half of the moon's surface from Earth. Since its orbit is not perfectly circular, the Moon changes its speed in orbit, and so the ratio between the rate of its Earth orbit compared to its rotation on its own axis varies.
dDEQB TIL - Arthur Galston, botanist, focused on soybean research. He discovered a chemical which allowed soybeans to flower quicker, but with too much of this chemical it caused the flower to wilt. The U.S. military became highly interested in this aspect of the research, and Agent Orange was born...
KYmrE TIL Arthur Wharton, born Ghana, 1865, became the 100 yard world record holder for 30 years, the world's first professional black soccer player, a cycling champion, a professional cricketer and then a top level rugby player. He died penniless in 1930 and was buried in an unmarked paupers grave.
p84LG TIL Joseph Stalin banned the field of genetics as capitalistic 'bourgeois pseudoscience', with fatal consequences for many Soviet scientists.
momo TIL Australian Phil Baker was walking on the beach while waiting to meet his son, Benji for the first time in 13 years. Phil saw a kayaker in trouble. He dove into the ocean and carried the half-conscious man to shore. The man turned out to be Benji