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TIL Of Menocchio, a 16th century miller who was tried for heresy. He though religion was a fraud, didn't believe Jesus was a god and had his own cosmology, according to which "the world came from chaos, just like cheese comes from milk" and humans were like worms is the cosmic cheese

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DQLOv TIL a neutrino could pass through a lightyear of lead before it has a 50% chance of hitting a lead atom.
yVMVw TIL that prior to founding the Heaven’s Gate cult, Marshall Applewhite was a teacher in the music department at the University of St. Thomas, a choral director, and a performer with the Houston Grand Opera.
Eg150 In September 2021 Canada required that all new vehicles sold there have one of the following: 1) tail lights that come on with daytime running lights, 2) headlights, tail lights, and side marker lights that turn on automatically in the dark, 3) a dashboard that stays dark to alert the driver
l775G TIL The Colorado River has not flowed into the ocean since 1998.
78eJL TIL there is a "healing" spring in South Carolina which is officially listed as being owned by God. Previous property owner L.P. Boylston, who died in 1944, left the property to "Almighty God" in his will so that the water would always be freely available to drink. It is now known as God's Acre.