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TIL there are programs that pay drug addicts to be sterilized

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R59ja TIL that the opposite of exorcism is adorcism: the practice of inviting positive spirits into places or people.
vRrK TIL that Saint Isidore of Seville is considered to be the Patron Saint of the Internet.
md1O TIL it is a common misconception that for every one second there is between the flash and the thunder of a Lightning equals to the lightning being one kilometer away. In fact it is about 3 seconds for each kilometer.
WkxO9 TIL that Dave Grohl did not allow the TV show Glee to use any of Foo Fighters music despite pressure from the shows creator. Dave Grohl stated "F**k that guy for thinking anybody and everybody should want to do Glee."
d6Ej TIL falcon breeders often let the male birds copulate with their heads, while the breeder wears a special semen-collecting hat. The breeder then courts a female bird of the same species and squirts the collected semen into her using a syringe. All this due to a process known as sexual imprinting.