Archduke_Of_Beer
Archduke_Of_Beer t1_j6ge252 wrote
Reply to comment by theflamingheads in TIL the first traffic signal, erected in London in 1868, was powered by gas. A gas leak caused it to explode a month later. by itsjonzo
You know exactly what you did sir...
Archduke_Of_Beer t1_j5nd0n0 wrote
Reply to comment by walkingtalkingdread in TIL that the first time the Albanian language was mentioned in History was a witness of a crime reporting he had heard someone yelling in Albanian. by alexmikli
First time someone spoke American English was July 4, 1776.
We have a party for it every year!
Archduke_Of_Beer t1_j0d93xk wrote
"Celebrates"
Archduke_Of_Beer t1_iyf06z8 wrote
Reply to comment by ethan-bubblegum-tate in Brazilian football legend Pele taken to hospital, condition worsening by 777fer
Ariaga 2 could have been the next Pele had he worked harder
Archduke_Of_Beer t1_iyc513i wrote
Reply to TIL that Dorothy's line to the Scarecrow 'I think I'll miss you most of all' is a holdover from the original script where she and the farmhand played the same actor had a romance by Sensitive_Deal_6363
Judy Garland stood on Ray Bolger's shoulders and they wore a big trenchcoat
Archduke_Of_Beer t1_jd5uyls wrote
Reply to comment by cledus1911 in TIL the term "death row" comes from an assassination attempt on FDR. The shooter Giuseppe Zangara was sentenced to death, but there was already a convict awaiting execution, and FL law forbade them from sharing cells. A second cell was built, turning the "death cell" into the first "death row." by AdmiralAkbar1
Plus on top of that, until recently there were very few FEDERAL crimes that were prosecuted with the death penalty in mind. The FBI was still in it's infancy at this time.
Mostly it was up to the states to kill you unless you killed a federal politician or committed treason.