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TIL that the Church of Christian Science promotes illness as an illusion that can be cured through prayer alone.

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P11kZ TIL About the Resolute Desk, which was built from the scrap of the HMS Resolute. It has been used by most Presidents since 1880.
wEdW TIL that Penn of Penn and Teller holds a patent for a hot tub jet made specifically for female masturbation.
a5RM TIL that in 1978, over 500 silent films were discovered buried in the Yukon permafrost, including footage of the scandalous 1919 World Series.
l7lG7 TIL that King Edward Point, the capital of the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, is the smallest capital in the world by population, having a population of between 12 and 22, depending on the season.
LgAP TIL the English language has a mark resembling an umlaut (called a diaeresis) used to show 2 vowels are also 2 syllables, as in coöperation. The mark is mostly defunct, but still used by The New Yorker magazine.