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TIL Families of fallen American soldiers can choose among 60 religious symbols for their official tombstones, including a Wicca Pentagram and Thor’s Hammer.

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KYQ1B TIL: Oregon had a "whites only" clause in its original state Constitution.
Z8e6D TIL: Good, open, and honest communication acts as a solution-provider that buffers your in-home childcare-giving and homeschooling from a sudden unwanted change as a result of your nanny or babysitter quitting her job.
6wPJ TIL Bruce Springsteen’s classic, Born to Run, almost became the official song of New Jersey until legislators listened to the lyrics and realized the song was about wanting to get out of New Jersey.
9YrN7 TIL how Spanish runner Iván Fernández Anaya intentionally lost a race. Kenyan runner and race leader Abel Mutai stopped 10-20 meters short of the finish line, thinking he had already won. Instead of passing him, Anaya stopped and told Mutai to keep running, thus allowing Mutai to win.
Zpy7D TIL about Castoreum, a Secretion from Glands near the Anus of Beavers that has been used in Perfumes and Food to Mimic Vanilla