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LQ18d TIL: A man kept his arm up for 49 years to prove his faith in his god, Shiva. He hasn't lowered it since the 1970s.
E1Lpx TIL that the city of Baltimore used flogging as a punishment till 1938. People were sent to the whipping post for one crime only; wife beating. This punishment was used because wife beaters often escaped conviction, as their wives simply couldn't afford to send the husband/breadwinner to jail.
wERW TIL that before Summer Glau met Joss Whedon and got cast in Firefly, she auditioned for Power Rangers
jaR TIL Christian Bale based Patrick Bateman on Tom Cruise and his “very intense friendliness with nothing behind the eyes”
KO5J9 TIL that humans have a free floating bone in the neck that anchors the tongue in place and is believed to greatly contribute to humans being able to talk in the sophisticated manner that we do today.