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TIL there is a Peppa Pig episode that is banned in Australia for saying 'spiders can't hurt you'

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ner5P TIL that in 1474 a rooster was put on trial because it laid an egg and the villagers thought that it made a pact with devil. He was found guilty and burned alive and it was later found out that the rooster was a hen that just looked like a rooster.
9YRdD TIL About Action Park, a theme park in New Jersey that was a literal death trap. At least 5 patrons died on the poorly constructed and engineered rides. One particularly dangerous ride was the Cannonball Loop, a waterslide with a loop that caused patrons scrapes, concussions, and lost teeth.
rNmGx TIL Geologists were able to determine the origin of the 9,300+ Japanese Incendiary bomb balloons launched against the US during WWII by analyzing the sand used in the ballast of the balloons
GKoE TIL Almost all is actually a mathematically defined term
nyyW TIL that when curry was introduced into Japan it was considered a British dish, not an Indian one, because of its popularity among British sailors.