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TIL that Fred Phelps, the head of the Westboro Baptist Church quoted an article from The Onion as proof that homosexuals were actively trying to “recruit” others.

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1Z1W TIL In 1951 a poor woman named Henrietta Lacks donated her cells to science without knowing it. Her cells would be the first “immortal cells” that could be kept alive for medical use. They’ve been used for everything from creating the polio vaccine to cloning.
WkwOo TIL 3–15% of alcoholics commit suicide, and over 50% of all suicides are associated with alcohol or drug dependence, due to alcohol causing physiological distortion of brain chemistry, as well as social isolation.
Z8kLo TIL that Jesus is the most mention person in the Quaran, Mary is mentioned more times then she is in the New Testament
KY6J6 TIL The ancient Bowthorpe Oak, near Bourne in Lincolnshire, has a hollow trunk and a gigantic girth of about 44ft (13.4m).
D1ONv TIL that, despite being one of the oldest national teams (played first game in 1870), England national football team didn't have a manager until 1946, and until then the "Selection Committee" was in charge of player selection, tactics and substitutes