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TIL that the Iranian government can, and will, sentence its citizens to the death penalty if they decide to change their religion from Islam

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Jkjv TIL the “death tax” only affects estates worth $5.45 million per person. 99.8% of estates owe no tax.
m1GpR TIL that Sea Urchins are called Sea Urchins because Hedgehogs used to be called Urchins until about the 15th century. Sea Urchins are Ocean Hedgehogs.
9Y9PB TIL Johnny Cash was banned for life from the Grand Old Opry for smashing the stage lights with a microphone stand (while battling with drug and alcohol abuse) in 1965. The ban was later lifted and he continued to perform at the auditorium until his death in 2003.
Y7g5d TIL until 2020 there were only two factories producing the lacquer (acetate) discs used as masters to produce vinyl records... and then one of them burned down, leaving only a factory in Japan producing all masters in the world.
WkG9 TIL that, in 2008 “more than 36,000 people died of drug overdoses in the U.S., and more than 20,000 of these overdose deaths were from prescription drugs” according to the CDC.