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TIL: Domino’s in India created a pizza that looks like a burger

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R5Vga TIL - from 1929-31, balloons were released at the end of the Macy’s parade and the public bring them back to claim $100. This ended when one got caught in an airplane propellor when a pilot tried to catch one
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Ml0W TIL The Catholic Church considers the Theory of Evolution to be “virtually certain”, and believes that intelligent design “isn’t science even though it pretends to be.”
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