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TIL the Puritans didn’t come to America to avoid religious persecution but because they wanted to be able to persecute

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Wk5NA TIL that natural skin condoms do not protect against STDs because the pores in the condoms are large enough to allow viruses to pass through.
Z86Av TIL that a "trilithon" is a structure consisting of two large vertical stones (posts) supporting a third stone set horizontally across the top (lintel). Stonehenge in England is one of the most famous examples of a trilithon.
rR0Qd TIL John Candy died a few days before the end of filming Wagons East, so according to Wiki, they used, "using a stunt double and special effects" to complete the film. Part of the special effects was just reusing a scene from earlier in the movie. The link is these scenes.
ZpA0R TIL in 1966 a group of Argentinian militants hijacked and forced a commercial flight to land in the Falkland Islands and demanded the British authorities to surrender. The hijackers are still celebrated in Argentina today.
6EQ8w TIL Old Linde brand gas cylinders sometimes have a 'window' shape stamped on them. They were captured from Nazi Germany and the swastika symbol was re-stamped with a square, making the window