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TIL that in a 2011 Census, more people put “Heavy Metal” as a religion than “Scientology” in England and Wales

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mwmY TIL Scientists recovered soft tissue and blood vessels from a T. rex dinosaur
rNW7o TIL about “Yubitsume” or finger shortening......... a Japanese ritual to atone for offenses to another, a way to be punished or to show sincere apology and remorse to another, by means of amputating portions of one's own little finger.
4kBX5 TIL the James Webb Space Telescope has a focal length of 131400 mm (131.4 m)
V1ZZ TIL that in June 2012, the U.S. town of Boring, Oregon accepted the proposal of Dull, Scotland to “pair” their municipalities, in an effort to promote tourism in both places as a play on their names
v1pjK TIL The WWII German submarine U-69's official crest contained the phrase (in German) Tally ho! with signal flags for the letters L M A...which stand for exactly what you think it stands for. Nice.