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TIL that many of the infamous "medieval" torture devices, like the Iron Maiden, were actually invented during the 18th and 19th centuries, not the Middle Ages.

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wXZo TIL That NASA recorded the radio signature of Earth and converted it to an audible “Earthsong”
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