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TIL of the cult of Osiris. In the centuries before Jesus, an Egyptian cult emerged around a dying and rising god-made-mortal whose followers were baptized in order to redeem their sins.

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XwGX TIL the collective term for ferretts is a business.
9YMnM TIL that camels and humans are the only non-aquatic mammals that do not eat their placenta.
OGl86 TIL of the Prince Philip Movement. A religious movement followed by the Kastom people in Vanuatu, Oceania. It is a cargo cult that believes in the divinity of the late Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, Duke Of Edinburgh.
wLgBW TIL that at Forrest Lawn Cemetery in LA There are herds of deer that wander around and eat the fresh flowers that are left on graves
MEnm TIL that in 1881, Navy engineers invented the first ever air conditioner with a lot of ice and a series of fans in order to cool President Garfield’s bedroom during the summer months after he was confined to his bed after being shot.