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TIL that a religion has sprung up around the philosophy of The Dude in The Big Lebowski. I’d say more, but I’m going for the whole brevity thing.

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rRmlo TIL a secret vault was discovered in a long-abandoned maternity home run by nuns... it contained the remains of 800+ toddlers