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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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jRpE TIL that urban crows drop their nuts at pedestrian crossings so that car tyres run over and break them, wait until the green pedestrian light, then cross to eat the broken nut.
EgyGx TIL That in Norse mythology, Odin's eight legged horse "Sleipnir" was actually given birth by Loki , when he was trying to distract a certain fortress Builder's horse so that he couldn't finish his job on time and the gods didn't have to give the sun, the moon and the goddess Freyja to him.
ne1kY TIL when the band 'Busted' was asked about the Jonas Brothers' cover of their song 'Year 3000', member Matt Willis said "Dude, they paid my mortgage for four years, I'm stoked to bits. Thank you very much Jonas Brothers"
b697p TIL pro-segregationist Virginia politician Harry F. Byrd was a direct descendant of Pocahontas
KJ96 TIL the Netherlands celebrate Comic Sans day every first Friday of July. Some Dutch companies even change their website font to Comic Sans for the day.