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TIL that St. Augustine of Hippo, a Father of the Church, wrote a prayer as a teenager. It went, “Lord, grant me chastity and continence, but not yet”.

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gM0MA TIL the word “cocksucker” is uttered 279 times in the series Deadwood.
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9mYG TIL of David Kootook, a 14 year old Inuit boy who survived for 23 days in -40 degree weather after a plane crash in the Arctic. He refused offers by the pilot to eat the body of a fellow passenger and died of starvation 23 days later. Upon rescue, the pilot said “Welcome to the camp of a cannibal.”
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