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TIL 56% of people in Vermont describe themselves as nonreligious.

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5YmRk TIL of Bobbie the Wonder Dog, who walked a distance of at least 2,551 miles (4,105 km) through plains, desert, and mountains in the winter to return home to his family, swimming in rivers and even crossing the Continental Divide in the coldest part of winter.
M15V TIL In the late 19th century in Great Britain, attempted suicide was deemed to be equivalent to attempted murder and could be punished by hanging.
16lmd TIL that someone with Down Syndrome can have a 120 IQ.
a8PLo TIL the first special effect in a film was The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, 1895
OGklL TIL that Christians, Muslims, and Jews have all used roughly the same word for God due to the closeness of their cultures. Jesus of Nazareth would have called God "Elah," in Hebrew "Elohim," and later, Islam would call God "Allah."