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TIL George R.R. Martin created the back story of Elden Ring

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4GQg TIL that in 1361, Peter I of Portugal captured assassins who had decapitated his wife, and publicly executed them by ripping out their hearts with his own hands.
e0kY4 TIL it is illegal in Virginia to have sex if you are unmarried
vJkr TIL… Handshakes were originally meant to make sure that the person you were meeting wasn’t carrying a concealed weapon. The hand clasp proved that your hand was empty and shaking was meant to dislodge any weapons hiding up the sleeve. Source: http://ift.tt/2dN6n8I
VEd0 TIL that Nigeria has the 3rd largest film industry in the world in terms of earnings. It is nicknamed ‘Nollywood’.
V4Zm TIL Hugo Weaving said of voicing Megatron in Transformers, “I had no knowledge of it. I didn’t care about it. I didn’t think about it. It was meaningless to me. I never read the script. I just have my lines, and I don’t know what they mean.”