The first person to die in the electric chair was William Kemmler, an ax murderer from New York on August 6, 1890.

Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, JohnHancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, butthe last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.

In medieval France, unfaithful wives were made to chase a chicken through town naked.

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