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TIL: Saudi Arabia beheaded a man for ‘witchcraft and sorcery’ in 2012

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lama TIL that CBS used to dub in bird songs to golf tournaments. They were caught by an avid bird watching who noticed the song of a bird that was not indigenous to the region of the tournament.
awllN TIL when John Lennon performed "Woman Is the N****r of the World" on the Dick Cavett Show, Cavett was told to apologise for the song's content before the performance. The show received about 600 letters of complaint - but all criticized Cavett's apology, not the song's lyrics.
ykNp TIL The word “scientist” did not exist before 1833. Before this, scientists were referred to as “natural philosophers”.
W7ABX TIL the jellyfish Turritopsis dohrnii can repeatedly revert to its young form, effectively avoiding death
ANBd4 TIL the deaf and blind disability rights advocate Helen Keller loved dogs, in particular Akitas. After a trip to Japan, she was given an Akita. When he passed away from distemper she was given his brother. She wrote an article on the danger of canine distemper.