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TIL that when trying to select a new name for the Canadian Northwest Territories the name Bob came in second place in the top choices

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kOXe7 TIL that after Lorena Bobbit cut her husband's penis off, he went to star in a porn film directed by Ron Jeremy: 'featuring a post-surgery John Wayne Bobbit as Frankenpenis, a castrated man who had a "super penis" sewed onto him in an experiment'.
6EdkX TIL that "May God have mercy upon your soul" is a phrase used in courts by judges pronouncing a sentence of death upon a person found guilty of a crime that requires a death sentence. It is a way to attribute God as the higher authority of law & judges did not have the authority to destroy souls.
9Yr0X TIL about Joseph Trombino, a Brinks security guard who, after being shot multiple times in the famed armored car robbery of 1981, was almost killed in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and eventually lost his life during the 9/11 attacks while making a delivery in the North Tower.
Brm9d TIL the US declared independence on July 2, 1776, two days before the Declaration of Independence was adopted
8aK5K TIL Friday the 13th Part 6: Jason Lives was the first and only movie in the series that didn’t have nudity. Part 6 was also the first to receive positive reception from critics since part 1, due to its introduction of metahumor and action elements