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TIL about Fr. James Coyle, a Catholic Priest in Alabama who was murdered in 1921 for celebrating a secret interracial marriage.

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oRwJA TIL about Charvaka, an atheisitc and anti-clerical Indian philosophy which rejected the Vedas and believed that all perceivable matter was all that existed in the universe. Adherents as a result were told to pursue a life of hedonism with no ethical or religous qualms as they exist to control joy
6EedW TIL Milling is a training activity in the British airborne infantry. For a fixed period, two opponents punch each other in the head as aggressively as possible without evasion. An instructor described milling as "arguably the most important event of the [training] course"and its "flagship event"
P1kan TIL that Bermuda despite being a British Overseas Territory has TV channels affiliated with US companies like CBS and ABC due to agreements between the US and UK since 1946.
d8y1E TIL a study led by John Pachankis has found gay and bisexual men experience more stress from dating than their straight counterparts.
a8vWL TIL: Your Backyard Birds are Living Dinosaurs! Despite their small size and fluffy feathers, birds are the last surviving group of dinosaurs, stemming from the theropod dinosaur lineage.