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TIL Utah brought back firing squad as an execution method in 2015 when they had a shortage of lethal injection drugs.

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7rGrx TIL there is a city in New Mexico called "Truth or Consequences", which got its name after a radio show that turned 10 years old said it would air its anniversary program from the first city that renamed itself after the show
awRpM TIL: You’re not allowed to visit the isle of Komodo if you’re on your period as it can attract dragons
mQoo TIL that, upon restoration of Apethorpe Palace in England, it was discovered that the bedrooms of King James and Duke George Villers were connection through a secret passageway. It had been long suspected that King James and Villers were gay lovers.
o74R TIL In 1993, Dateline NBC ran a story on the danger of Gm pickups with sidesaddle gas tanks exploding upon impact. NBC was forced to apologize after it was revealed that they had staged the explosions in their crash test footage.
QNlWd TIL baby bottles are at least 3000 years old. Egyptian pottery from 1500 BCE depicts women feeding babies with animal horns, and archaeological evidence shows that ceramic vessels were used as early as 1200 BCE to feed babies with animal milk.