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TIL that National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts is the world’s largest performing art theater under one roof, and cost roughly $320 million USD to build

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Z8xnD TIL of "peine forte et dure", a type of torture used in the common law legal system when a person remained silent upon questioning. It consisted of progressively heavier stones placed upon the chest until either a plea was entered, or the person died. It’s been legal for ~500 years, until 1772.
aPQb TIL the Italian Supreme Court ruled it’s OK to watch porn during your lunch break, after FIAT fired a guy for watching porn at lunch. He claimed it was only a glimpse, and there was no evidence that this was a habit that’s affecting his work, so the court ruled he had done nothing wrong
XEdjQ TIL The first airborne Catholic mass was held aboard the Hindenburg. The candles weren't lit.
Mxn7 TIL that while Japan is 62nd in terms of land size and 10th in terms of population, it has the 3rd largest economy in the world. Not only that, but it has the 2nd lowest homicide rate in the world, and 2nd highest life expectancy.
GJpJ TIL that the producers of The Jungle Book film originally considered Louis Armstrong for the voice of King Louie, but were worried that choosing a black actor to voice an ape would cause controversy.