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JYm7l TIL the Beatles LP "Yesterday and Today" originally featured a cover depicting the band laughing while covered in mutilated and decapitated baby dolls. The cover was intended as a Vietnam protest, with Lennon saying "If the public can accept something as cruel as the war, they can accept this cover"
1aKV8 TIL that martial arts legend Sammo Hung has a large circular scar just above his lip on the right side of his face that he got when he was stabbed with a broken cola bottle in a street fight early in his career
d8Nw9 TIL that it is illegal for a person to defame, insult or threaten the royal family of Thailand, and if caught, can cost you 3 to 15 years PER COUNT of insult