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TIL that Stonehenge isn’t actually a henge, which is odd since the word “henge” comes from Stonehenge

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wo8DE TIL Satellite phones are illegal in certain countries. India and China, for example, in order to regulate the content. The penalties range from confiscation, to jail time, as some govts see them as political dissent
0wR0A TIL of the Visible Human Project, where in 1993, a murderer was frozen, sliced and imaged, millimeter by millimeter, from the top of his head to the bottom of his feet, for science.
MpW8 TIL that in Godzilla suit actor Kenpachiro Satsuma’s first film he was struck with appendicitis and had to be operated on while inside the suit. He found out that he had an immunity to painkillers during the operation.
1aALD TIL Skinny Puppy, a Canadian band sent a bill to the US military requesting $666,000 in royalties for playing their music as torture for Guantanamo Bay's prisoners.
v1GB4 TIL that as a marketing and publicity stunt three copies of a John Otway single in 1979 were pressed without a vocal track. Purchasers of the 'instrumental' copies would 'win' a live performance of the song by Otway in their own living room, while they played the record on their home stereo.