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TIL The CCI Prison Execution House Is Still Standing

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kOyQd TIL about the Bonus Army, a group of WWI veterans who converged on Washington DC during The Great Depression in 1932. They were demanding wartime bonuses which were scheduled for full payment in 1945. They were also unsuccessful in their efforts.
JYeBv TIL apples underwent DNA testing and it was discovered that they are actually native to Kazakhstan. The common ancestor of modern apples still grows there.
oo07 TIL that the first person to be executed in the Massachusetts Bay colony was guilty of sex with a turkey
l7Mv5 TIL that the name "Big Ben" refers to the bell itself, not the entire clock tower.
8yxa TIL that “trumpery” is a real word dating back to the 1400s, and it means “something without value; rubbish; trash; worthless stuff; nonsense; twaddle.”