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TIL in 1944 an Ice Jam on the Yellowstone River in Miles City, Montana was cleared by bombing it with a B-17

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W7Noo TIL As a more humane form of execution Nevada tried to pump cyanide gas into Jon Gee's cell while he slept. The gas leaked out so in 1924 they built and used on him, the first gas chamber in the USA.
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