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TIL C&P: Thomas Jefferson used a razor to cut passages from the New Testament and literally pasted them together into what is now known as the Jefferson Bible, currently on display at the Smithsonian. He felt the focus should be on Jesus’ life and moral teachings, not inexplicable miracles

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WkblY TIL in 2015, a British woman began receiving threatening emails from a stalker that included pictures of her in public she had no idea were being taken. When she contacted authorities, they told her the emails were coming from inside her house. It turned out to be her husband.
E1D0o TIL A grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan was arrested after he was caught being blackballed by cross-dressing black male prostitute in the backseat of a car
69LJY TIL that the "Lady of the Dunes" Cold Case was solved in 2023; her killer, new husband Guy Muldavin, died in 2002.
xVYV5 TIL The Code of Hammurabi, bestowed total jurisdiction over brewing and beer to women, indicated by the word “she” used to describe every tavern owner. Sumerian women didn’t have many opportunities to earn a living, but they were responsible for brewing beer and allowed to open their own taverns.
500Q TIL that it was Freddie Mercury’s dying wish for “Bohemian Rhapsody” to be reissued in order to raise money for AIDS charities. When the song was rereleased in late 1991, it topped the charts, staying at #1 for five weeks for the first time since its debut in 1975.