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

The Indian election in 1984 was the largest election of any country. Over 379,000,000 voters were eligible to vote at over 480,000 polling stations.

St. Paul, Minnesota was originally called Pigs Eye after a man named Pierre "Pigs Eye" Parrant who set up the First business there.

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