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TIL that the official stance of the Catholic Church is that they support the theory of evolution.

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p8MdQ TIL that the world premiere of Handel's Messiah sold so many tickets that the audience was asked to leave their swords and hooped skirts at home. Jonathan Swift thought it the piece was blasphemous and threatened to publicly forbid singers from St. Patrick’s Cathedral from participating.
VMlnm TIL On his second day in office, President Jimmy Carter pardoned all of the Vietnam War draft evaders.
17Yr TIL there is a disease IRL that can cause your nails to grow long, your teeth to sharpen like fangs and your skin to turn pale and easily bruise and scab in the sunlight…much like a vampire.
yQa9M TIL: Because of the Pearl Harbor attack, 3 sailors suffered being trapped in their submarine for 16 DAYS before they died
Wkkd TIL: Continuum, a magazine created to deny the existence of AIDS, shut down when all of it’s editors died of AIDS.