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TIL televangelist Jerry Falwell said in opposition to Brown v. Board of Education: When God has drawn a line of distinction, we should not attempt to cross that line.

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Ly1V TIL that the Square-Cube Law explains why today’s large ships cannot be powered by sails, why babies are more susceptible to cold, and why the “helicarriers” in super hero movies like The Avengers are physically impossible.
0W7A TIL After a psychotherapy experiment in a convent 300 nuns petitioned the Vatican to be released from their vows leaving only a small group of radical lesbian nuns.
pYZoZ TIL about Amy Fisher, known in the media as the “Long Island Lolita”, who was the subject of three network movies broadcast in a 2 week span.
N7gZN TIL of Marcel Tyberg, a Viennese composer who, because of his 1/16th Jewish heritage, was killed at Auschwitz in 1944. Before his capture, he entrusted his scores to a close friend. The scores ended up in the US but were untouched for decades. Within the last 10 years, his music was rediscovered.
d895d TIL the Kinabalu giant red leech (Mimobdella buettikoferi) is a large bright orange-red colored leech that is endemic to Borneo. It can grow to a length of over 50 cm (20 in). In the comments, this huge flesh-eating leech can be seen ingesting a giant earthworm like spaghetti.