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b6Odp TIL that excommunicated Martin Luther, who had a history of depression, argued that suicide is not sin. Further cementing his differences with the Catholic Church.
ZpABD TIL in 2008, a single basketball shot may have saved hundreds of lives. Alabama player Mykal Riley made a 3-point-shot that pushed the game into overtime minutes before an EF-2 Tornado passed by. If he had missed that shot, hundreds of fans could have been in the parking lot when the tornado hit.
QNM8a TIL: Of all the European royal crowns, only the British one actually sits on the head of a monarch. All other European monarchs, including even the Pope in his political capacity, have civil inaugurations rather than coronations.
m1JbP TIL that while sloths only poop about once a week, it is responsible for 50% of all their deaths as this is the time where they are vulnerable to predators
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