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TIL Abraham Lincoln suffered from depression – He was scared to carry knives because he was afraid he’d kill himself

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5lxQ TIL that treating a cut with hydrogen peroxide doesn’t have much antiseptic effect, probably increases healing time, and can cause inflammation of surrounding tissues.
X5X TIL Submarine missiles never actually get wet, they travel in a bubble of nitrogen on the way to the surface.
9YBBD TIL about the botched execution of William Williams. The sheriff miscalculated the length of the rope, resulting in Williams hitting the floor, 3 deputies held his body up by the rope for over 14 minutes, he died of strangulation. The state of Minnesota abolished capital punishment right after.
kJQo1 TIL of Olga Hepnarová (1951–1975) who was a Czech mass murderer who killed 8 people by driving a truck into a crowd in Prague. She was executed in 1975, the last woman to be executed in Czechoslovakia.
9wNeQ TIL Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor was influenced to pursue her career in law after watching 12 Angry Men, noting juror 11's reverence for the justice system. When she was a lower court judge she would tell jurors not to follow the film's example because it was based on speculation, not fact.