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TIL Sex and alcohol make you happier than kids and religion

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ep4ln TIL in the 1400s, Saxon bakers appealed to 5 different Popes for permission to use butter during the Advent season, and Pope Innocent VIII sent the "butter letter" finally approving it
07mM TIL That an American sniper once crawled on his chest alone for 4 days and 3 nights to assassinate an enemy commander
OomX7 TIL: the Budgerigar, aka a parakeet, is the 3rd most popular pet in the world, after the domesticated dog and cat
wLPA1 TIL the origin of the phrase “steal my thunder” is an 18th century playwright who created a machine that recreated thunder noises for a cancelled play. When he attended a later play in the same theatre and heard it used, he cried "Damn them! They will not let my play run, but they steal my thunder."
LkjB9 TIL of Aglaonice of Thessaly, an ancient greek sorceress, part of a coven of witches known for their abillity to "draw down the moon". In reality, Aglaonice and her female accolites were likely accomplished astronomers able to predict lunar eclipses