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TIL that the term "losing one's religion", as in the REM song, does not mean to become an atheist, but rather to lose one's temper and become angry.

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YQ9r TIL: The constitutions of 7 states (AR,MD,MS,NC,SC,TN,TX) specifically ban atheists from holding public office
dDEA7 TIL about Joseph James DeAngelo Jr. AKA the Golden State Killer. He is a former police officer who was a serial killer and serial rapist responsible for three crime sprees across California from 1974 to 1986 that the press thought were by different people. He was finally caught in 2018.
ADOgn TIL that 'meme' the word was coined by Richard Dawkins in his book The Selfish Gene to explain how cultural information spreads. The internet meme is just a subset of the same concept.
7kp TIL that many ‘Ghost Trains’ run on the British Rail Network. These trains - often unadvertised - run extremely rarely, at obscure times, through bizarre routes, purely to keep the line officially open whilst discouraging passenger use. Ghost train hunters roam the country searching for them!
YMbP TIL there was a magazine called Continuum that promoted AIDS denialism that went out of print because both of the editors died of AIDS