cledus1911
cledus1911 t1_jd4yins wrote
Reply to comment by Jamber_Jamber 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
I’m not, until relatively recently if you got a death sentence you got taken out and hanged, or taken out back for the firing squad. It wasn’t a months or years long process like it is now
cledus1911 t1_jdj2wpm wrote
Reply to comment by Skretch0 in TIL that Barq's Root Beer was first created by Edward Barq in Biloxi, Miss, in 1897. In 1934, Barq and a former employee, who moved to New Orleans, agreed to each distribute their own version of the root beer, with the New Orleans version having a red label and the Biloxi version having a blue one. by jdward01
It’s still in just about every store here in South Louisiana. My wife and I love the Barq’s red cream soda