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TIL Many aspects of Christianity were decided by vote, including the divinity of Jesus Christ.

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9YMMQ TIL Alice Cooper formed a celebrity "drinking club" in the 1970's called the Hollywood Vampires. You could only join the club if you could out-drink all members, which included Keith Moon, Ringo Starr, Micky Dolenz, Harry Nilsson, John Belushi, and John Lennon.
WkvaX TIL President Nixon had a 'Moon Disaster' speech ready in case Apollo 11 astronauts died
ADQVl TIL Johnny Appleseed (John Chapman) never intended the apples he planted to be eaten whole. He intended for them to be made into hard apple cider.
p8XY4 TIL that over 2000 tons of unexploded ammunition are found in Germany each year
XWZr TIL that the Traveling Wilburys are named after a slang term that George Harrison and Jeff Lynne gave to studio equipment. They referred to equalizers and limiters as “wilburys”, as in “we’ll bury that mistake in the mix”.