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yElp TIL that thre is a small village named Shingo in Japan, which by its inhabitants is believed to be the last resting place of Jesus. They believe that instead of Jesus his brother Isukiri died on the cross and Jesus fled to Japan to become a rice farmer.
nepp9 TIL the 1995 film Judge Dredd was re-cut and sent to the MPAA 5 times to get it from a NC-17 to a R rating; Stallone tried to cut it even more for a PG-13 rating. The director had made the film dark and satirical like the source material; Stallone thought the film was supposed to be an action comedy
l759a TIl in October 2022 an arsonist set fire to easter island, charring and cracking the sacred moai figures and doing irreplaceable damage to the figures
yQxoM TIL the human eye has its own microbiome.
VGGQ TIL The oldest house in the UK is nearly 6000 years old and has stone furniture that is still intact today.