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TIL that the famous bassoon opening melody from Stravinsky's Rite of Spring is taken from the Lithuanian folk song "Tu, manu seserele" (O, my sister)

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pm5e TIL that Pat Morita (Mr. Miyagi from The Karate Kid) spent most of his early years in hospitals, where he was told he would never walk. Following surgery at age 11, he learned to walk; as soon as he walked out of the hospital, an FBI agent escorted him to his family… in an internment camp.
rJAW TIL The United States still executes prisoners by firing squad. The last prisoner executed by firing squad was in 2010 in Utah.
YXRG TIL that some women in Mauritania force-feed their daughters because obesity for women is idealized in the country.
mxpy TIL that every president ever assassinated has tried to either put U.S. Dollar notes into circulation or end the private banking systems in the U.S.
VMAZ TIL that in the midst if the sexual abuse scandal involving the church, the pope was granted immunity from everything to do with a coverup and anything to do with the rape or molestation of children involving the clergy. He was granted this immunity by President George W Bush. 15:00 into the video