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TIL people in the Middle Ages believed the equator to be impassably hot. Therefore, either Jesus would’ve have to appear separately to the Southern Hemisphere or its natives would be damned to Hell under the beliefs of the time.

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KO6rB TIL that the Treason Act of 1351 is still in force today in the United Kingdom and parts of Australia, even though the law is written in Norman French and it concerns such things as violating the King’s eldest daughter or killing Wardens of the Forest.
QvDa TIL Christopher Tolkien, son of Lord of the Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien, has said of the films, “They eviscerated the book by making it an action movie for young people aged 15 to 25”..[..]..“The commercialization has reduced the aesthetic and philosophical impact of the creation to nothing.”
g1Ay TIL Flickr recruits coders with ads hidden in its website’s source code
Z8v1R TIL that the shamisen, a Japanese stringed instrument, was traditionally made of dog or cat skin
0Q9N TIL that In 1923, jockey Frank Hayes won a race at Belmont Park in New York despite being dead. He suffered a heart attack mid-race, but his body stayed in the saddle until his horse crossed the line for a 20–1 outsider victory.