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TIL that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are both Atheists.. “Many people find religion to be very inspiring… Myself, I found it very stifling. I grew up with Christianity and I remember questioning it greatly.” -Brad Pitt

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4kRMN TIL that Chinchorro mummification technique was to remove the skin of the deceased to extract organs before sewing it back on. Additionally, after the mummies were removed to more humid climates, their skin is “melting.”
BrRND TIL That Octopus And Squid Possess The Super-Power To Rewrite Their RNA. Researchers say that this type of RNA editing can allow a single octopus gene to produce an array of various proteins from the same DNA.
9wpV7 TIL JFK experienced chronic back pain. He underwent 4 back operations, including a discectomy, an instrumentation and fusion, and 2 minor surgeries that failed to improve his pain.
6EGQX TIL that whale meat was the single biggest source of meat in Japan from the late 1940s to the mid-1960s. Whaling only took off in the country as a result of a food shortage after World War II.
pPMA TIL that glass takes approximately 1 million years to decompose.