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TIL dying in the London houses of parliament is illegal

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b9enZ TIL that the practice of binding babies' heads (known as artificial cranial deformation) was predominant in France as late as the 20th century.
0PRA TIL that as millions of North Koreans go hungry, the country’s rulers have taken up the habit of having McDonald’s hamburgers flown in daily from China (on North Korea’s national airline).
D1Ykv TIL that American actor Vincent D'Onofrio holds the record for the most weight gained by an actor in a movie, having gained 70 lb (32 kg) for a total weight of 280 lb (130 kg) for his portrayal of Pvt. Leonard Lawrence in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket (1987)
78EQO TIL that the UK's Royal Navy only has 2 aircraft carriers
6P0J TIL the youngest person to have been executed in the US was 14 years old. A bible was used to boost him up onto the electric chair, and his trial only lasted 2 and a half hours.