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TIL Chumbawamba was at the forefront of the 1980s anarcho-punk movement.

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9YJ7B TIL Willie Francis survived the electric chair because the person that set it up was drunk. He unsuccessfully argued to the US Supreme Court that executing him again was double jeopardy. He died in the electric chair a year later.
b6ovj TIL that in the 1971 INDO-PAK war, BBC once mistakenly reported that Indian Air Force had air-dropped 5,000 soldiers,13 times more than the actual number of 384.The incorrect report scared Pakistan and hastened the surrender of Pakistani soldiers which eventually led to the liberation of Bangladesh.
loKkA TIL of Edith Head, Academy Award-Winning Disney Costume Designer, whom “The Incredibles” character Edna Mode is based off of
Zd4p TIL that Southwest Airlines settled a lawsuit with another company by an arm wrestling match between the two CEOs
0dpRy TIL The space burial company Celestis will include DNA from presidents George Washington, Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Ronald Reagan on their upcoming memorial flight to be launched in deep space this year.