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TIL: Spain is the world's second largest exporter of bricks

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YJKd TIL that influential blues musician Lead Belly was released early from prison after killing a man due to the fact that his music impressed the Louisiana governor so much.
rRB60 TIL of Flagellant Brothers, a group of men who roamed in streets and whipped their naked bodies for atonement of their sins and called others to repent during the Black Death.
ajby TIL The iconic ‘scream’ made by WW2 dive bombers is produced by two separate acoustic devices mounted to the wings, known as a 'Jericho Trumpet(s)’ and serve no purpose beyond intimidation.
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