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TIL Clint Eastwood served as mayor of a town in California after campaigning against an ordinance banning the sale of ice cream.

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WkYwN TIL During the “Red Scare” in the United States during the late 1940s and 1950s, and to a lesser extent in the 1960s, activists on the far right of American politics routinely asserted that fluoridation was part of a far-reaching plot to impose a socialist or communist regime.
LnL9 TIL that David (of the Bible’s David & Goliath) declared that he loved his friend, Jonathan, “more than any woman”. But many Christians refuse to accept any possibility that it could’ve been a gay relationship.
7rWy7 TIL that the current Pope declared that not only can dogs go to heaven, but all dogs do. WHOSE A GOOD BOY!? All of them, apparently!
B5PD TIL Korea has had underfloor heating for thousands of years.
rNy9M TIL On 9/11 Astronaut Frank Culbertson was staying on the International Space Station and the only American off the planet. As soon as he learned of the attacks, he flew over New York City to document the event in photos and posted a public letter capturing his feelings of what happened