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TIL the Guillotine was still the official method of execution in France until the death penalty was abolished… in 1981.

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DeaD TIL Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny and others) was involved in a near fatal accident that left him in a coma for 3 weeks. As he began to regain consciousness his first words were “What’s up doc?”
4kgLX TIL Tele Vue founder Al Nagler designed optics for visual simulators used to train astronauts in piloting the Gemini spacecraft and the Apollo Lunar Module
6J9X TIL the Omaha Beef are the only indoor football team to have an all-male dance team- The Rumproasters.
VeMZ TIL the United States advanced billions of dollars to over 90 nations before, during and immediately after WWII, to friend and foe alike. Only one repaid their debt to the penny-Finland.
jb7M TIL that in 1795, French cavalry charged across the frozen bay at Den Helder to capture a trapped Dutch fleet. It is the only time in history a naval fleet has been defeated by a cavalry charge.