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TIL that public primary schools in Britain are required to hold a 'daily act of collective worship' that is 'broadly Christian in nature.'

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j66rM TIL that in the operatic song in The Fifth Element, composer Eric Sierra "purposely wrote un-singable things" so she’d sound like an alien. When opera singer Inva Muls came for the part, "she sang 85% of what [Eric] thought was technically impossible", the rest being assembled in the studio.
NXvbN TIL that the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury Festival was first built in 1971 and modeled after the Great Pyramid of Giza. The current structure is the third incarnation, built in 2000.
wog47 TIL the most successful German u-boat commander—who sank 193 ships and 453,000 tons of material throughout WW1—was known to strictly follow prize law, giving civilian ships adequate time to evacuate on lifeboats and directions to the nearest port
EgOOp TIL that the Rolling Stones’ guitarist Keith Richards has a pre-show ritual, where he must eat a shepherd’s pie. In 1989, when the band was set to perform in Toronto, Richards noticed that someone ate his pie. He refused to go on stage until a new pie was baked for him by the band’s culinary staff.
eAr5 TIL that Michelangelo actually intended his famous David statue to be viewed from what we consider to be the side. It presents David as a much more menacing figure, facing down Goliath. Part of the genius of the sculpture is that viewing it from the side suddenly lets you see him as a gentler figure