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TIL Rasputin's Autopsy Revealed No Signs of Poisoning, Drowning, or Genital Mutilation... Just Three Fatal Bullet Wounds

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GAYQj TIL about the controversial theory that the blocks that the Egyptian pyramids were built from may actually have been made of a limestone "concrete" that was poured in situ, and not, as is generally thought, carved out of a local quarry and hauled up
x60OB TIL that the hawk-eye technology, used for video assistance in sports like soccer and tennis, was first implemented in a 2001 cricket match between England and Pakistan.
W7dl9 TIL: In the past, coin purses showed social status by the embroidery and quality. Men would even gift their new bride a purse embroidered with a love story. Both men and women had coin purses or purses for thousands of years dating back to 3300 BC until pockets were invented for men in the 1700s.
W7pYB TIL that after Preston Mutanga recreated the trailer for "Spider-Man:Across the Spider-Verse” shot for shot with Lego style animation, the studio was so impressed they reached out. He animated the Lego sequence in the final film despite being 14 years old at the time only after finishing schoolwork
Y7RVx TIL: In the Zhou dynasty, the waist chop involved slicing the victim into two or more pieces and was famously used on poet Gao Qi who was sliced into 8 pieces due to his political satire. Today the term "waist chop" is used as a metaphor for the cancelation of ongoing projects, primarily TV shows.