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TIL 1977 was the year of the last execution by guillotine --Hamida Djandoub in France

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7arx TIL Pixar flew a rep out to a 10 year-old girl’s home with a DVD copy of ‘Up’ before it was released because it was her dying wish to see the film. She died 7 hours later.
OZeY TIL that Gary Sinise (Lt. Dan from ‘Forrest Gump’) plays in the band called 'Lt. Dan Band’. The group mainly performs non-profit gigs for the USO and veteran affairs charities.
695jW TIL the Unicode standard officially supports the penis symbol as an Egyptian hieroglyph
knKB TIL Truck driving is the most common job in most states in the U.S., due in part to being immune to globalization and automation.
xVr9B TIL many animals have a bone, called os cordis, in their heart and some humans might too