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TIL that Bisha’h is a lie detection ritual practiced by Bedouin tribes of Ayaidah in northeastern Egypt. It involves suspects licking a heated metal spoon in front of tribal representatives.

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yVvJp TIL Andorra does not have an airport.
kJx47 TIL that in 1997, two artists held an opinion poll to determine what types of music the public loved or hated the most. They then released a 22-minute song designed to be as hated as possible, featuring bagpipes, opera singing, tubas, Walmart product placement, and a rap about Ludwig Wittgenstein.
oBp7Y TIL about the M-29 Davy Crockett a tactical nuclear recoilless gun
oBew8 TIL that when George Washington died in 1799, the British Royal Navy was ordered to lower their flags to half mast. The London Morning Chronicle opined that ‘The whole range of history does not present to our view a character upon which we can dwell with such entire and unmixed admiration’.
V1g0 TIL Jake Lloyd, who played Anakin Skywalker in The Phantom Menace, was so tormented as a result of his role that he gave up acting. “Other children were really mean to me…They would make the sound of the lightsaber every time they saw me.”