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TIL America’s Best Ace Pilot was Named Dick Bong

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6Em6X TIL the term “square meal” comes from the British navy where plates were square with raised edges to stop food spilling in rough seas.
BaPr TIL the last man executed by electric chair in the U.S. was removed from the death penalty on appeal. Thinking this made him immune, he boasted of his crimes, supplying evidence which allowed him to be re-convicted and then executed.
4XdMN TIL there is a town in SC whose motto is "Home to 2,392 of the nicest people you'll ever meet. Population 2,399". The population was 2418 in 2010
Pobw TIL that Mark Hamill personally bought Warwick Davis all the StarWars Figures he didn’t have.
EgrEo TIL that when women become pregnant, their periods stop temporarily.