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TIL King Abdullah II of Jordon once cameo’d as an unnamed ensign on Star Trek Voyager

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LQvmQ TIL that pornography of any kind is completely illegal in South Korea
b6ga4 TIL of Abelard, who rejected the prevailing idea that “Jesus died for sins,” preferring instead to focus on God as loving, instead of harsh and judgmental. He was excommunicated.
5Yk4D TIL that before raised scaffolds were used for hangings, a condemned person’s relatives could pull on their legs in the hope of occasioning a quicker death.
D1b4P TIL one of the richest families in history was a German merchant dynasty, the Fuggers. One member, Jackob Fugger (d. 1525) ranks among the wealthiest men in modern history with $400 billion, 2% of Europe's GDP. The name Fugger was originally rendered as, Fucker.
b9yv9 TIL in 1997, there was an episode of Goosebumps called "Click." In it, a kid gets a universal remote, uses it to pause his sister, change the color of his fish, fast forward through time, etc. 9 years later, Adam Sandler starred in a movie of the same name with a similar premise.