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TIL in 1911, inmates on death row played baseball for their lives. If they won, execution was delayed. If they lost, their execution went ahead as scheduled.

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Pl0e TIL: In the 1950’s you could walk into a pet store, buy a monkey, kill it, shave it, dupe the media into believing it was an alien and only get fined $10.00.
yVXWp TIL Lincoln said “there is a physical difference between the white and black races which..will forever forbid the 2..from living together on terms of social and political equality..there must be a position of superior and inferior..I as much as any am in favor of having the superior..the white race”
awo5M TIL Professional mourning or paid mourning is an occupation that originates from Egyptian, Chinese, Mediterranean and Near Eastern cultures. It is still a paid profession as of today.
0bVN TIL that there is journalism equivalent to the Bechdel Test. An article about a female scientist fails the “Finkbeiner Test” if it mentions one of seven topics regarding her womanhood
OoDx7 TIL about the surviving 2nd century Roman novel A True Story written by Lucian of Samosata. It is regarded as one of the first ever works of science fiction ever written and it features explorers flying to the moon, first contact with aliens, an interstellar war and the discovery of a new continent.