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TIL In 1978 the Mormon church “amended” their religion to allow Blacks to be priests

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D1Wg TIL on August 20th, 1191, during the Third Crusade, Richard the Lionhearted’s Christian Army had the Muslim-held city of Acre surrounded. When the besieged could not meet the gold payment for terms of surrender, Richard’s army slaughtered 3000+ bound prisoners in full view of the opposing army.
yVKaa TIL Lake Hillier, an Australian lake is 10 times saltier than the ocean, and bright bubblegum pink. The notable color comes from algae, halobacteria, and other microbes that are able to thrive under the harshest of conditions. The lake contains almost 500 extremophiles!
epww6 TIL the wolfman from Monster Squad played Uncle flippin' Rico in Napoleon Dynamite.
vPeJD TIL that during the Apache Wars in the American Southwest, the Apache would cut the Army's telegraph lines but reconnect the ends together with a strip of leather to make the break in the circuit nearly impossible to find.
7XWr TIL the first animal to ask an existential question was from a parrot named Alex. He asked what color he was, and learned that it was “grey”