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TIL that Billy Idol wrote 'sweet sixteen' after learning the story behind Coral Castle, a curious limestone structure in Miami, Florida, and its creator Edward Leedskalnin.

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7rlwb TIL there was a practice called Posthumous Execution where a dead body was mutilated as punishment. It was performed to show that even in death, one cannot escape justice. Eg. Vlad the Impaler was beheaded following his assassination, Rasputin was exhumed from the ground and burned with gasoline.
v11kB Cutting back on red meat is probably the best place to start, but eating the right types of veggies is important, too.
b6B07 TIL the “up” in 7up used to be Lithium
9wxxM TIL cyberpunk author Bruce Sterling ran a Dungeons & Dragons game in 1978 with a young Warren Spector. Spector cited this as his inspiration to become a videogame designer, where he went on to produce games such as Ultima Underworld, Wing Commander, Thief and Deus Ex
neyDB TIL that birds are reptiles