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gMaab TIL the electric chair was intended to be more humane than hanging. But the first in NY in 1890 took 8 minutes and two attempts. Comments included "they would have done better using an axe", and "an awful spectacle, far worse than hanging".
EEBx TIL India and USA were the only two contingents that did not salute Hitler during the opening ceremony of the 1936 Berlin games
r16e TIL That there is a law that states every high school in New Zealand may hold 1 pound of uranium and 1 pound of thorium, for conducting nuclear experiments, and will be fined $1,000,000 for a nuclear explosion.
yNJv TIL in WWII, the Japanese navy had submersible aircraft carriers. These carriers were able to carry aircraft underwater to their destinations, surface, launch their planes, then quickly dive again before they were discovered.
yOPp TIL the “Transporter” made famous Star Trek was created because the studio couldn’t afford the special effects of having a space ship take off and land in every episode.