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TIL France banned an ad depicting Jesus as a female because of its “intrusion on people’s innermost beliefs”

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VMDQ0 TIL that The Church of Scientology surreptitiously started to take over the Clearwater downtown in 1975 with plans to take over the entire city. Presently they own almost all the buildings(almost 200) in the downtown area apart from a presbyterian church, a few govt buildings and condos.
NXX18 TIL: In 1999, a disgruntled airline pilot stole an airplane and crashed it into the airline's remaining working aircraft, effectively crippling the airline
OonX1 TIL that child psychologist Connell Watkins simulated a “rebirth” on Candice Newmaker. After 70 minutes the girl was found dead from suffocation. Only 7 years of prison were served.
pMLZ TIL that in Gilbertese, the official language of the Pacific Island nation of Kiribati, the word for dog (kamea) comes from the sound that the natives heard Europeans calling out to dogs (come here).
dLxB TIL Slaughterhouse workers are more likely to be violent, and it is believed this is because they have become desensitized to suffering