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TIL that in middle ages suicidal people feared eternal damnation that direct suicide entailed, so they would commit a capital crime over innocent child and then turn themselves in to authorities and demand capital punishment

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e98n TIL Quentin Tarantino was nominated for best supporting actor by Saturn, and worst supporting actor, by the Razzies, for the same film; From Dusk Till Dawn
0wVe1 TIL Daddy Long Legs Spiders used to be called Shepherd Spiders; named after French shepherds who would use stilts to travel over grasslands. Not only were locals able to get around more easily, the stilts were allegedly an extremely speedy method of transport; as fast as a horse in full trot.
16Gbd TIL there has been a big increase in news headlines suggesting fear, anger, disgust, and sadness since 2000, and especially since about 2010
yPOa TIL that Ingo Potrykus, the co-inventor of golden rice (a genetically engineered, vitamin-A-rich strain of rice that could save millions of lives in developing countries), has called for his product to be distributed for free to poor farmers.
8axr4 TIL that Keira Knightley had an acting agent by the age of 6, was in Star Wars at 13, Pirates of the Caribbean at 17, and was nominated for an Oscar for Pride and Prejudice at 20.