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TIL that the scene in The Green Mile where Percy intentionally botches Delacroix’s execution was based on the actual botched execution of Jesse Tafero, which is speculated to have been intentional for retribution against the convicted cop killer.

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lDNa TIL deleted scenes from 1997’s “Event Horizon” were considered lost forever until some reels were found in a salt mine in Transylvania in bad condition.
Oodd7 TIL Robert-François Damiens, after trying to assassinate the king, was sentenced to be executed by having his skin ripped with pliers, molten lead and sulfur being poured onto his ripped skin, then dismemberment by four horses. At hearing this, Damiens replied: “Well, it's going to be a tough day.”
9Grr TIL in 2011, a man found a penguin covered with oil and nearly dead. He was able to save its life. Every year since, the penguin swims 5,000 miles to meet and live with him in Brazil.
b64Dp TIL that the first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m. It was created in 1787 by Levi Hutchins in Concord, New Hampshire. This device he made only for himself, however, and it only rang at 4 am, in order to wake him for his job.
AAY4 TIL Babe Ruth started chewing tobacco and drinking whiskey at age 7