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Vgmk TIL: Thomas Jefferson wrote a book called The Jefferson Bible: The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth because he believed the pure-principled teachings of Jesus should have been separated from the dogma and abuse of organized religion of the day.
WkbwY TIL that members of federally recognized Native American tribes can collect and own naturally fallen eagle feathers.
j5Gp TIL The United States Congress only has a job approval rating of around 15%, but Congressional incumbents are re-elected at a rate of roughly 95%
dDZQ7 TIL that Gordon Lightfoot's song, Sundown, was a cautionary tale about his onetime girlfriend, the backup singer Cathy Smith, who was later convicted in the overdose death of the comedy star John Belushi after she injected him with heroin and cocaine in 1982.
nWDoW TIL in the Lion King that when Rafiki says to Simba 'You are a baboon, and I am not' he is correct: he is in fact a Mandrill and not a baboon.