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TIL the Earth was established as a sphere since about 300 BC

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DQ1mY TIL that there was a Masonic-style group for Catholics to join in the 18th century called the Order of the Pug. Initiates had to wear a dog collar and kiss the rear end of a porcelain statue of a pug.
OoDBR TIL that NeoPets is effectively owned by The Church of Scientology.
9Gjm TIL they’re still making the Beethoven movies and are now up to 8 (“Beethoven’s Treasure Tail”)
OoDlR TIL In 1979 there was an unidentified double-flash of light near the Prince Edward Islands off of Antartica detected by the Vela Hotel Satellite, suspected to be a nuclear test carried out by South Africa and Israel, but no one ever took credit for it.
LkL0p TIL Viagra was co-invented by a guy named Wood.