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TIL; On death row in Malawi, Byson Kaula would not die. Three times by hanging (the hangman was too lazy); And once by suicide after the fact.

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0xr1 TIL in the 1970s after Boeing fired 63,000 employees in Seattle alone, someone put up this billboard: “Will the last person leaving Seattle - Turn out the lights.”
R5ob7 TIL Roman culture used pins in foreskins for a variety of reasons, including preserving a man's voice and sexual abstinence
4X4mb TIL In Asia some people commit suicide by ingesting a large amount of soy sauce.
n6or TIL high heels were originally worn by men as a signal of status. Women started wearing heels as a way of trying to appropriate masculine power. Being rational (practical footwear), everyone quit wearing heels altogether. It emerged again for women during mid 19th century from pornography.
dwbr TIL the University of Tokyo are developing a technology that allows tactile feedback from holograms