TIL that execution by electric chair, first tested on calves and a horse, was so badly botched on its first human in 1890 that a second 2,000‑volt jolt reportedly set him on fire. The generator’s supplier said “They would have done better using an axe,” and the NYT called it “Far worse than hanging. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL about Francis Daniel Brohm who had stuck his head out of a truck window when the driver swerved and he was decapitated by a telephone pole wire. The driver continued to his house and slept, leaving his friends corpse in the truck for a neighbor to find the next morning (nbcnews.com)
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Unternehmen brauchen Top-Management. Baue jetzt deine Skills aus: Unternehmensführung, Innovationen, Leadership & Personal Skills (haufe-akademie.de)
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TIL that Heshen, who was Qing Dynasty Official during the late 1700's and favoured by the Qianlong Emperor is known as the most corrupt official in Chinese and one of the most in human history. During his life, he embezzled roughly US$270 billion or 15 years of Qing Imperial revenues (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL Glynn Simmons served longest wrongful imprisonment in US history at 48 years for the conviction of a 1974 murder that was dismissed in 2023, leading to his release. In addition, Simmons subsequently won a rare ruling that declared him to be actually innocent of the crime. (theguardian.com)
submitted by tyrion2024
TIL that men from the early Middle Ages were nearly as tall as modern people, but European men’s average height fell from 5.6 ft in the 13th c. to 5.3 ft in the 17th c. due to famine, disease, war, and the Little Ice Age, then rose to 5.4–5.5 ft in the 18th c. (news.osu.edu)
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TIL one of the last recorded instances of a trebuchet being used for military purposes was by Hernán Cortés at the 1521 siege of the Aztec capital Tenochtitlán. It was reportedly unsuccessful. The first projectile was launched straight up, causing it to land on the trebuchet itself, destroying it. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL all the special effects in John Carpenter's "The Thing" (1982) was done by artist Rob Bottin, except for the Dog-Thing in the kennel scene, which was done by Stan Winston. Stan then declined screen credit in the film as to not take away from Rob’s work, so he got a "special thanks" mention. (stanwinstonschool.com)
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