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TIL György Dózsa was executed extremelly cruelly. They made him sit on a heated iron throne and wear a heated iron crown. Then they made his rebel soldiers bite and eat his flesh while priests were singing songs.

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oRVPA TIL the oldest statute in the UK still in force was enacted in the year 1267 as part of the Statutes of Marlborough. The Law Commission is debating whether two of the four remaining statutes should be repealed.
0wnRM TIL Joaquin Phoenix grew up in a cult involved with pedophilia and his parents traveled to Venezuela to recruit followers (not knowing about the pedophilia) - The Children of God
VBJyQ TIL in 2022, vinyl records outsold CDs in the US for the first time since in 35 years
AD7xw TIL - only around 1000 people in North Korea have access to the real internet and computers are just straight up illegal unless you have specific government permission
8aNRG TIL Massachusetts banned Christmas for 22 years because people were drinking too much and crossdressing