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TIL there was a horror movie character that was replicated in wrestling as "Leatherface" would wield a chainsaw often running through arenas terrorizong the audience.

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rPpo TIL the famous “shave and a haircut” door knock is morse code for “Attention” which is also the greeting used for code messages.
yQevl TIL people in Medieval times accused of crimes could opt for a "trial by ordeal" where they stick their hands in boiling water, if innocent, God would stop them burning. The priests who administered this would secretly cool the water beforehand if they thought the defendant was innocent
XENA6 Today I learned that the handkerchief on a stick (that is seen in movies carried by hobos to carry their stuff) is called a bindle.
rR090 TIL the German armed forces have the concept “inner guidance”, which obliges every citizen-soldier to think for themselves. Soldiers may disobey orders against their conscience and it officially traditionalizes the actions of the July-plot conspirators, like Claus von Stauffenberg.
69y4J TIL that the University of Iowa’s mascot, the Hawkeye, is inspired by the character Hawkeye from James Fenimore Cooper’s The Last of the Mohicans. The name also pays tribute to Chief Black Hawk, a prominent Native American leader who spent his final years in Iowa and is buried there.