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TIL from 1838-1976 it was legal to kill Mormons in Missouri.

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ANp6g TIL some boys used to be castrated so as to keep their soprano voices due to not reaching sexual maturity. Their rib cages were also bigger allowing them more lung and vocal capacity. There is only one known recording of a castrato
dD9BE TIL that when cemetery workers were exhuming John Belushi's grave, the bottom of the casket gave out due to water damage, causing his corpse to fall back into the grave.
Kb4w TIL that after seeing one of the last episodes of “Breaking Bad,” George R. R. Martin (author of the books on which “Game of Thrones” is based) tweeted that Walter White was more evil than any character he has created… and that he would need to do something about that.
QNrKM TIL After the battle of Sedan, over 100,000 French soldiers were captured, including Emperor Napoleon III himself, but he headed to a "comfortable captivity" while his soldiers were left starving in makeshift POW camps. On hearing the news, Napoleon's wife asked "why didn't he kill himself?"
5A9D TIL Texas attorney general threatened international observers from OSCE with arrests and criminal charges if they were to monitor the 2012 elections in that state.