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TIL: In the 1971 Supreme Court case O'Hair v. Paine, American Atheists challenged open readings from the Bible by U.S. astronauts in space. The case was dismissed because space is outside the court's jurisdiction.

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bwmZ TIL that there is actually a word that rhymes with Orange, a sporange is part of a fern or plant.