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TIL Actor Rainn Wilson is Baha'i and actively discusses his faith in interviews and online

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rRkyw TIL The warty comb jelly or sea walnut has a 'transient anus'. It forms a new anus (that immediately closes) every time it defecates. This has never been seen before and was observed only recently with this creature
4XwgX TIL the US House of Representatives recognized that Alexander Graham Bell was not the original inventor of the telephone, in H. Res 269. They gave that recognition to Antonio Meucci. In 1887, the SCOTUS found the case viable and remanded a trial, but it was dismissed shortly after Meucci's death.
VBgZ0 TIL the chief medical examiner of LA county, who performed most of the high profile celeb autopsies in the 60's, was forced to resign after allegations that on hearing the news of RFK being shot, he was seen dancing in his office, saying "i'm going to be famous, i hope he dies"
vKGK TIL that ketchup’s popularity and universality is due in part to the fact that it embodies all five distinct tastes: salty, sweet, bitter, sour, and umami
VJYp TIL: Ragnarok, the Norse end of the world, is happening in a week (Feb. 22nd)