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TIL that Execution by Electric Chair was almost called "gerrycide" after the grandson of the guy who gerrymandering is named after.

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jnjN TIL Andre the Giant died in his sleep while in Paris for his fathers funeral. His father passed 12 days before.
4koK6 TIL the fastest internet speed ever recorded was 319 terabits per second (Tbps) achieved in June 2021. This speed is about 7.6 million times faster than the average home internet speed in the US, and would allow for the download of almost 80,000 movies in a single second.
4ZMN TIL in 1948 Idaho decided to airdrop beavers into wilderness areas using army surplus parachutes when they had outgrown their other habitats.
p8pb4 TIL that James Buchanan, the 15th President of the United States, is the only president to have military experience without having been an officer. He was a private in the Pennsylvania militia in 1814.
Y7JZA TIL Confucius believed people would naturally follow and support the virtuous ruler without needing harsh laws and spent 12 years traveling around China looking for a ruler who would listen to his ideas. He never found one