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TIL the person who executes FL death row inmates Is a private citizen who is paid $150 per execution.

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pMG8 TIL- In 1935 Congress “declared war on soil erosion and enlisted kudzu as a primary weapon. More than 70 million kudzu seedlings were grown in nurseries by the newly created Soil Conservation Service.”
kJw0E TIL that Milton Hershey was booked on the ill-fated maiden voyage of the Titanic, but had a change of plans for business reasons and, instead, traveled on the German liner Amerika, which had an earlier departure date.
d8LAK TIL the child actress playing Annie, sampled by Jay-Z for "Hard Knock Life", retired from acting and become a successful songwriter herself (New Radicals "You Get What You Give", "Lost Stars" from Begin Again, etc)
Qkk6 TIL that Winston Churchill owned a platypus named ‘Bulldog’ whom he considered his 'personal mascot in conflict’. Bulldog died on the final day of the Battle of Britain.
0dyrN TIL that in Japan, you can hire a handsome man to watch sad movies with you and wipe your tears.