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TIL about Bamboo torture where a person would be fixed in place over fast growing bamboo to be impaled over time.

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X0pZQ TIL the national anthem of the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu is “Yumi, Yumi, Yumi”
BrlxD TIL that the term Gaslighting comes from a 1938 play and a 1944 film, in which an abusive husband Gregory manipulates his wife Paula to make her feel as if she has gone mad. One of the ways he does this is by dimming and brightening the gaslights, all while convincing Paula that its all in her head
l7ld5 TIL Legendary NFL quarterback Terry Bradshaw once used the alias with the name of another legendary quarterback "Tom Brady" to check into a hospital... in 1983, when Tom was only 6.
vP054 TIL that Gene Roddenberry originally did not want to cast Patrick Stewart as Picard, since he had envisioned an actor who was "masculine, virile, and had a lot of hair".
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