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TIL The church would dismember and post its saints limbs around Great Britain

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lV5 TIL; A Man Used A Lightsaber To Avoid Being Hit With A Stun Gun
1avW7 TIL about Dr Barry Marshall who was convinced that H.pylori bacteria causes stomach ulcers, but no one believed him. Since it was illegal to test his theory on humans, he drank the bacteria himself, developed ulcers within days, treated them with antibiotics and went to win a Nobel prize.
e0JWJ TIL actor Scott Bakula (Quantum Leap, Star Trek) had a clause in his contract requiring that he be home for dinner by six every night, for the sake of not being an absentee father or husband.
yavp TIL that Tiny Hole in Airplane Windows is a safety feature called the breather hole is used to regulate the amount of pressure that passes between the window’s inner and outer panes
5Yok9 TIL Columbus was marooned on the shores of Jamaica in 1503. The indigenous people gave his crew food but were tired of them stealing. After several months of this, they refused to help. Then Columbus used an upcoming blood moon to convince them God was mad at them. They started giving food again.