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TIL - Kentucky Homeland Security thinks God is Vital to State Security and you can be fined and put in jail for up to 12 months if you do not acknowledge that God protects us from terrorism

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ryZe TIL showing musical instruments on Iranian TV is banned as it’s seen as being at odds with religion. Concerts are often broadcast with pictures of flowers in lieu of the musicians.
6EVGw TIL Anthony Daniels, who endured years of discomfort in the C-3PO costume, was so annoyed by Alan Tudyk (Rogue One) playing K-2SO in the comfort of a motion-capture suit that he cursed at Tudyk. Tudyk later joked that a "fuck you" from Daniels was among the highest compliments he had ever received.
jb8R TIL that John F Kennedy ordered 1,200 Cuban cigars just hours before signing the trade embargo in 1962.
N7yyb TIL the name “Robin Hood” was a common alias for criminals in Medieval England. It was first used as an alias in 1262. This suggests that either an early version of the Robin Hood legend was well established, or that the Robin Hood legend developed from the alias itself.
vBJK TIL that in 1998, Texan judge Jack Hampton sentenced a man for 30 years for killing two gay men instead of life requested by the prosecuter. He justified it by stating “I put prostitutes and gays at about the same level … and I’d be hard put to give somebody life for killing a prostitute.”