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TIL there is a statue of Richard O'Brien as Riff-Raff from The Rocky Horror Show alongside a plaque with instructions on how to dance The Time Warp. There's a camera so you can watch people doing it.

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8n7b TIL in 1956, a magician was performing the “cut a person in half” trick using his wife for a televised performance. Immediately after she was divided, the host ended the show. People were horrified, thinking she had been killed, but time had just run out on the broadcast.
BDKy TIL In the month before the ancient Olympics no wars were permitted so that spectators could travel from across Greece unharmed
x6b11 TIL that the Guiness World Records discontinued the "Heaviest Pets" category in 1998 to deter people from over-feeding their pets just to appear in the book.
oRlyY TIL about the Symbionese Liberation Army, a militant far left organization which had 6 members killed in a shootout with the LAPD in 1974. They also murdered 2, citizens, robbed banks, and kidnapped people all in the name of freedom.
d8Ed7 TIL: Pirates were generally considered by the English government to be reserve naval forces, and were sometimes given active encouragement such as knighthoods. Royal pardons were regularly issued and the public's opinion of pirates was often favorable, some considering them akin to patrons.