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TIL that atheists are prohibited from holding public office in 7 U.S. states.

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MewAB TIL the Greek question mark is nearly identical to the semicolon, to the point that its Unicode representation is, in practice, equivalent
KOnoa TIL the story of Edwin Fist. Stole hundreds of irreplaceable birds from a museum in England to sell the feathers online to people who tie flies for fishing.
8aneX TIL that the term “teenager” originated around 1944 primarily for marketing purposes.
6ewJ TIL the pitch drop experiment is the world’s longest continuously running laboratory experiment. It measures the flow of a piece of pitch by counting the drops that fall from a funnel. Since 1927 8 drops have fallen. The ninth drop is expected to fall in 2013.
wL1M7 TIL Although the cost to buy has come down, the cost to fly remains high. The F-35 costs $44,000 an hour to fly, or $44 million to fly for 1,000 hours, or $352 million over the 8,000 hour lifespan of the jet.