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TIL The Catholic Church believed the first people to use Arabic Numerals were practicing magic and sentenced them to life in prison

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XkE TIL there are seven naked ladies on the poster of Silence of the Lambs
lo97K TIL African dodger (or Hit the Coon or Hit the N***** Baby) was a carnival game played in the US, in which an African-American man would stick his head through a curtain, and try to dodge objects, such as eggs or baseballs, thrown at him by players. It was played until the 1950s.
P1eMG TIL that one of the major factors that made Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space, as the choice for piloting Vostok 6 in June 1963, was that she proved lucky in the timing of her menstrual cycles earlier that month.
VMb0G TIL there is a black market for beer
J1wXm TIL Our moon has been slowly drifting away from Earth over the past 2.5 billion years