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TIL Ewen MacDonald was hanged in 1752 but regained consciousness after being taken to the dissection theatre. When the surgeon who was meant to dissect his body discovered the supposedly dead man sitting upright on the operating table, he promptly bludgeoned MacDonald to death with a mallet.

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LNVm TIL That the majority of people believe that violent crime rates are at an all time high, despite the fact that they have been steadily declining for decades
X0ENE TIL l South Yorkshire town of Doncaster is technically part of Scotland. Its Scottish history dates way back to the 12th century (1136, to be specific), when the town was signed over to King David I in the Treaty of Durham, and it was never officially given back.
e0XN4 TIL that a president of France actually died in office while being fellated.
QJnOM TIL that The Netherlands (where I live) has two old Volcano’s. One of which they recently found (not this one). Never imagined we’d have Volcano’s here, and never learned that in school, although it makes perfect sense of course. Thought it was pretty cool to have volcano’s.
j6y7Q TIL HORSE the band played 80 shows in 4 Continents, 45 Countries in a span of 90 days. The tour entitled Earth Tour was self booked and self financed for $100,000 .