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m1JpY TIL that Beck rejected Weird Al's request to parody his hit 1990s song "Loser" because Beck felt he already wasn't being taken seriously as artist. Later though, Beck regretted this decision saying “I think it would have been an amazing video. I’m actually really sad it didn’t happen.”
4R9o TIL the warship which fired the first shots of WWI was captured once, scuttled twice, raised and refurbished, served under 4 different nations throughout both world wars and is now currently operating as a gravel barge in Serbia.
pOQQ TIL Peine forte et dure was a method of torture formerly used in the common law legal system, in which a defendant who refused to plead guilt or innocence would be subjected to having heavier and heavier stones placed upon their chest until a plea was entered, or they died.
RonQ TIL King Charles II (Charles the Bad) was unable to move, so his doctors ordered him wrapped in linen that had been soaked in brandy. A servant, instead of cutting the thread on the end, used a candle to burn it, and set him ablaze.
yl5M TIL that there is a medical condition named akinetopsia where you cannot perceive the motion of objects but can still see acutely and recognize objects normally. Everything seems to be frozen in time only to “jump ahead” in time and freeze again.