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8awYL TIL In the Philippines, some Catholics volunteer to be non-lethally crucified on Good Friday. Sterilised nails are driven through their palms and they are hung on crosses. Ruben Enaje has been crucified 27 times. Philippines Department of Health advises tetanus shots before crucifixion
YwKG TIL Bryan Cranston did most of his own stunts on “Malcolm in the Middle”. A writer on the show jokingly asked whether Cranston would be willing to wear a suit of live bees, Cranston said yes—so they wrote a script around the idea. He ended up covered in 10,000 bees, and only got stung once.
M8yA TIL that in 10th century Burma, King Theinhko was killed by a farmer when he took a cucumber from his farm. The farmer was accepted as king by the queen to prevent unrest in the kingdom and became known as the “Cucumber King”.
ne1Nr TIL that after the 1980 Irpina Earthquake hit Southern Italy, the corruption was so bad that only 1/4 of the 40 billion dollar rebuilding fund got spent on relief. The rest got distributed among politicians and the mafia.
AK17 TIL Keanu Reeves gave $80 million of his $114 million Matrix salary to special effects and makeup staff.