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TIL that Fox News contributor Todd Starnes falsely reported on a kindergarten student who was told by her teacher not to pray in class. The parent of the child turned out to be Marcos Perez, who was the promoter of Starnes’ new book about the imaginary assault on Christianity in the US.

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Arp7 TIL It took the Wizard of Oz’s studio art department almost a week to settle on the final shade of yellow used for the Yellow Brick Road.
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