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TIL Robert Trujillo, bass guitarist for Metallica, helped Jaco Pastorius family to recover his stolen original Bass Of Doom Fender Jazz Bass

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6kkm TIL prior to the Treason Act of 1790, the punishment for a woman convicted of treason was to be burned at the stake. To show mercy, the executioner was equipped with a cord passed around the victim’s throat, which he would then pull tight, strangling her before the flames could reach her.
KYgD6 TIL that a set of triplets found each other coincidentally after being separated at adoption for a pyschological experiment, when a college student mistook one of the triplets for his unknown brother. Once the two reunited, the unusual story made the paper catching the attention of the third brother
NwYN TIL that the world’s largest cocaine producer is Peru. It has dethroned Colombia.
xVwRb Today I learned about the State of Muskogee. A short lived sovereign state in Florida designed to protect the Native Americans of the Seminole and Muscogee tribes. The leader, William Augustus Bowles, envisioned it to grow to also protect the Cherokee, Choctaw, and Chickasaw tribes as well.
e0dK6 TIL of the scrapped animated spin-off of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. The show would have followed fictional winners of the show who communicated with a fictional host based in the 'Millionaire Command Center'