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TIL 6 of the 20 Salem Witch Trials victims were men.

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QYYX TIL although film studios and music labels continue to mark their products with “all rights reserved”, this has had no legal effect since 2000.
GAMRG TIL as Spielberg was filming Jurassic Park's climatic scene as originally scripted (with the velociraptors defeated by Dr. Alan Grant & John Hammond), he had the last-minute idea to bring back the T-Rex for the climax. As an "off-the-cuff thing", the physical effects had to be setup in about 24 hrs.
98lQ TIL that a German knight named Gotz von Berlichingen lost his hand in 1504, and had it replaced with a mechanical iron prosthetic. It was capable of grasping everything from a sword to a feather pen.
9YNjp TIL that Greeks and Romans polluted the air so much, traces of their lead pollution can be seen in ice caps as far away as Greenland
rRVmw TIL that the current Georgia state flag is modeled after the first Confederate national flag. In 1956 the state senate voted to incorporate the Confederate battle flag as a statement to preserve segregation. It was only changed to its current version in 2003 after years of refusal by the senate.