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TIL a research study led by University of Oxford found out that atheists and highly religious people are the ones least scared of death.

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MeggK TIL of the Benjamin Franklin effect that causes people to like someone more after doing them a favor. When Franklin asked his rival for a rare book and returned it with a note of thanks, Franklin’s rival spoke to him with great civility and offered help, leading the two men to become good friends.
vPRMx TIL Virgil McCroskey purchased 4,400 acres of land for tourism in Idaho on the condition he maintain it himself for 15 years; McCroskey accepted the terms, and lived exactly 15 more years, fulfilling his obligation to the state of Idaho just weeks before his death in 1970 at age 93.
GlZj TIL Due to name confusion, staff of the Slovak and Slovenian embassies meet once a month to exchange wrongly addressed mail
exr6 TIL The Six Californias Initiative seeks to divide California into six states. If it qualifies for the ballot and is approved by the state’s voters in November, the US Congress will officially divide California into six separate states.
6EY4X TIL Prince Philip (husband of Queen Elizabeth) is revered as a deity in a Vanuatuan "cargocult". When his disciples sent him a traditional pig-killing club, he sent them back a photo of him posing with it.