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TIL The Shot at Dawn Memorial in Staffordshire, UK is a monument to to servicemen executed by firing squad during WWI. It is alleged that soldiers accused of cowardice were often not given fair trials; they were often not properly defended, suffering from shell shock, and some were minors.

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4YXN TIL that a teenager fooled an entire school, multiple police officers, and a car dealership that he was the youngest State Representative ever. He was escorted to the school, given a tour, and spoke to the high school students about being involved in politics.
KO81G TIL that the word explosion is derived from the Latin word explosionem, meaning to drive off through clapping. This is an expression for the Ancient Roman practice of clapping at actors in plays that they didn’t like, until the actor was forced to leave the stage.
5Yw4Q TIL that because Subarus use unconventional construction and high strength steel in the B pillars, first responders had to develop new techniques for extracting crash victims.
4Xwew TIL If funding remained at 1969 Apollo mission levels, NASA planned to develop such elements as a lunar orbit station in 1978, a lunar surface base in 1980, and a manned mission to Mars in 1981 or 1983
Mo9W TIL: That a lake near Whitefish, Montana named “Nigger Lake” was deemed to be too offensive and was renamed…To “Lost Coon Lake.”