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TIL it's not illegal to have sex with a dead person in Massachusetts

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Y79pr TIL: The metalhead gesture of making the “devil horns” is actually an apotropaic gesture, which is a superstitious sign to ward off evil spirits and not glorifying the “devil’s music”
X4m8 TIL Tolkien did not want the third LOTR publication to be called ‘Return of the King’, as he felt it revealed too much of the story. This title was chosen by the publisher.
PK8V TIL Redheads require more anesthesia than the average person, an average of 20% more anesthetic is required for the same effect
VBMZ0 TIL in 1978, a small Cessna 178 became lost over the Pacific Ocean after its navigation systems failed and was rescued by an Air New Zealand DC-10 performing an impromptu search for it.
J8Yl TIL Uneaten grain thrown out after the Chinese government’s fancy banquets could fully feed 200 million people – that’s 14.7% of its 1.35 billion people