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TIL that "Ivan the Terrible" could more accurately be translated as "Ivan the Formidable"

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Wjl9 TIL of Jury Nullification, the “secret” right for juries to find technically-guilty defendants in criminal cases Not Guilty, because the law they’re accused of violating is perceived by the jurors as unjust. Even knowing it exists as an option will likely prevent you from ever serving on a jury.
BgMOb TIL id Software’s first attempt at a first-person shooter game - before Doom, Wolfenstein 3D, or even Catacomb 3-D - was Hovertank 3D, a vehicular combat FPS released for MS-DOS in 1991.
KYVWG TIL that Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting, the stars of Romeo and Juliet (1968), sued Paramount, alleging they were misled into performing nude scenes. They were 15 and 16 at the time.
rNE11 TIL that certain Mayan bloodletting rituals calls for piercing the penis of a ruler. Blood was then scattered and collected and burned. Other soft body parts were used depending on the needs of the ritual. For example, genitalia would be pierced for fertility rituals.
mweE TIL that the creator of the Soviet Union’s Olympic Hockey program, Anatoli Tarasov, began coaching without every watching a single game of hockey. He created game strategy and training regimens based off the Olympic hockey rule book.