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4Xklw TIL of Joe Arridy, a mentally ill man wrongfully sentenced to death in the 1930's. While on death row, he played with toy trains, requested ice cream for his last meal and, while being taken to the gas chamber, smiled and told the warden, "No no, Joe won't die"
epygE TIL that the ancient Greeks had a form of "voting" called ostracism, where citizens could vote to banish a person from the city for ten years.
yQnYJ TIL: Canada has a desert - Columbia Plateau
PYr7G TIL the oldest lobster ever caught was estimated to be 140 years old, also as lobsters age, they tend to grow bigger and heavier. The 140-year-old lobster weighed 44 pounds.
QJQ19 TIL Viggo Mortensen is now the same age as Ian McKellen was when he was cast as Gandalf in LOTR.