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TIL the Missionary Church of Kopimism is a congregation of file sharers who believe that copying information is a sacred virtue and have officially been recognized as a religious community since 2012 in Sweden.

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oYA8 TIL that a spanish athlete added 20 metres to the javelin throw world record in 1956 using a style that was later banned due to the danger it posed to the public.
NQ1N TIL lighters were invented before matches
QJNjM TIL that a chicken tender is an actual cut of meat not just the breast.
wmZP TIL that Christopher Nolan didn’t want to make TDKR following Heath Ledger’s death, but he agreed to make the movie if Warner Bros. allowed him free reign to make anything he wanted in the interim. The end result was Inception.
1RxP TIL in 2002, Hooters promised a ‘Toyota’ for the waitress who could sell more beer in a month. She was pranked and instead won a Star Wars figurine (a Toy Yoda). She immediately sued the company and finally won the Toyota of her choice.