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TIL that after about a millennia of teaching about “Limbo”, in 2007 the Roman Catholic Church concluded that it doesn’t actually exist.

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jN8ZN TIL group of doctors in the US were developing a technique to buy time in treating lethal wounds by inducing the person into a state of hibernation. The procedure included replacing part of the patients blood with chilled saline solution.
7L7O TIL Thomas Jefferson believed that The Constitution should expire every 19 years.
X0Z1D TIL The movie Footloose was inspired by a real ban on dancing in Elmore City Oklahoma that made dancing in public illegal from the 1800s until 1979.
MeajA TIL Lighthouses had different techniques for rotating the light, most being too slow, making the light less visible. Augustin Fresnel proposed a mercury flotation system in 1825. Despite some lenses weighing over 6,000 lbs. the design reduced friction, increased rotation, and ultimately saved lives.
XmkR TIL There’s a small sculpture on the moon named “Fallen Astronaut”. Made by Belgian artist Paul Van Hoeydonck and placed by the crew of Apollo 15 in 1971. It is the only sculpture on the moon, yet it remains relatively unknown.