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TIL Holy Land USA is an abandoned Christian theme park where a teenage girl was murdered

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rmk4 TIL the phrase ‘laughing your head off’ originates from a public execution in 18th century England, when an audience platform next to the scaffold collapsed and killed twenty onlookers, to the amusement of the man about to have his head cut off.

K91E TIL the 1998 war film “The Thin Red Line” was cut from an initial five hours to three and a half after over a year of editing. Performances by Billy Bob Thornton, Martin Sheen, Gary Oldman and other notable actors were cut entirely, while others like George Clooney’s were reduced to cameos.

ZpKWQ TIL that gunfights were still legal in the US less than 90 years ago

WkmZo TIL Avocado Toast is not a new dish but has been consumed in San Francisco for 135 years.

5MKB TIL that in the 60s, most people used just one Alka-Seltzer tablet at a time. They created the popular “Plop, plop, fizz, fizz” jingle to encourage people to use two tablets — sales nearly doubled.