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TIL that 17th century Catholic scholars thought it possible that Jesus's detached foreskin ascended to Heaven and became the rings of Saturn.

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D1YlJ TIL An Ohio judge once sentenced a woman to sit in the "stinkiest, smelliest" area of a garbage dump for 8 hours, as a punishment for neglecting her dog. "If you puke, you puke."
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