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TIL that Charvaka, a 6th century BCE Indian materialist school, was one of history’s earliest explicitly atheist philosophies, rejecting gods, the soul, and the afterlife in favor of direct perception and skepticism

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R5l79 TIL that from 1921 into the 1960s the town slogan of Greenville, Texas was "The blackest land, the whitest people"
VpeB TIL Finland’s men’s hockey team currently includes the oldest player (Teemu Selänne b.1970) and the youngest player (Aleksander Barkov, Jr. b.1995). Teemu Selänne started playing in the NHL three years before Aleksander Barkov, Jr. was born.
ADlxl TIL: Prison towns count inmates on their census to receive a greater allocation of federal funds
dDagr TIL: The iconic Ghostface mask from the movie Scream was originally just a generic dollar store mask that was found in a garage.
e0jyn TIL Early in his career, H.B. Reese, inventor of the Reese's Peanut Butter Cup, created two nearly identical candy bars. The "Lizzie Bar" was named after his oldest daughter and the "Johnny Bar" was named after his son. The only difference between the two was that the Johnny Bar had nuts.