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TIL that the phrase Under Pressure comes from “peine forte et dure”, a 13th century practice that entailed pressing an accused with heavy weights until they agreed to enter a plea. At the time, rather than plead guilty or innocent to charges you could stand mute in the face of accusations

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Yj7W TIL in Saudi Arabia justice system the arrested are often not informed the crime they are accused of or given access to a lawyer and are subject to torture if they don’t confess. At trial, there’s a presumption of guilt and the accused is often unable to present a legal defense.
oyMW TIL there’s an island in the pacific where many of the residents are completely color blind, only able to perceive black and white colors. However, they often take a psychedelic drug which allow them to perceive colored hallucinations.
KOW0B TIL that the last living survivor of the infamous RMS Titanic incident had died just 11 years ago.
ANZMg TIL: Lulu (To Sir With Love) had a BBC-TV show in 1968. Her guest once was Jimi Hendrix. He was to perform Hey Joe, and she would join in. Earlier that day the group Cream announced they had broke up. Jimi switched midstream, live on TV, to Sunshine of Your Love. He was banned from BBC-TV.
XEJrE TIL Los Angeles’s private golf courses effectively receive a public subsidy of $89.8 million in taxes” paying only $200,00 in property taxes without granting the public access to the land. LA ranks bottom of the list in terms of public parks against all major metropolitan cities in America.