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TIL Crucifixion is still legal in Sudan

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JVkV TIL George Carlin was put on the FBI watchlist for doing an impersonation of J. Edgar Hoover on “The Jackie Gleason Show”.
B4jb TIL Russians don’t smile as often because for them a smile is the sign of personal sympathy, but not politeness
kOGdm TIL about folk-rock singer Sandy Denny, who provided backup vocals on The Battle of Evermore and is the only guest vocalist ever to appear on a Led Zeppelin recording.
690Nm TIL the fun fact of “Your body has around 100,000 km of capillaries alone, the tiniest of your blood vessels, with a surface area of around 1000 square meters." Is not correct. The real value is closer to 9000 and 19,000 km.
r0Xx TIL the SpongeBob pitch to Nickelodeon was so good the executives had to step outside from laughter.