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D1NKv TIL 'God Save The Queen' by The Sex Pistols was set to be Number 1 in the UK Top 40 chart on the weekend of The Queen's Jubilee in 1977. The BBC and UK Charts Company fixed the sales and banned the song so that Rod Stewart would be number 1, denying the Sex Pistols the top spot.
4kEWo TIL The Taiping Rebellion is the bloodiest civil war in world history during which an estimated 20-30M people died. It was started by a guy who thought he was the brother of Jesus Christ sent by the heavens to defeat the Manchus.
Jg1B TIL that the sword fight choreographer for The Mark of Zorro, Highlander, The Princess Bride, Lord of the Rings, Die Another Day and many other movies was a stunt double for Darth Vader in Star Wars episodes V and VI
694oW TIL a Tapir can scratch its back with its penis
b6Yd0 TIL more than 100 Greenlandic inuit women have reported getting birth control involuntarily