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TIL there is a Catholic Saint of Beer. Saint Arnold of Soissons saved the lives of many by urging them to drink beer rather than water that was spreading the plague. Boiling during the brewing process killed the pathogens.

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5Vejk TIL how Jeffrey Dahmer would torment guards in prison and threaten to cannibalize them
BL4b TIL that the Bible clearly and explicitly says that you should obey your government and pay your taxes - and not doing so will incur the punishment of God.
epkMn TIL that 59,000 people die every year from rabies, most of them from dog bites in underdeveloped countries. Only fourteen people have been documented as survivors of this infection.
paXb TIL in WWII, a dog named Gander fended off two Japanese ambushes. When they came back again, with a grenade this time, Gander picked it up and charged back at them, killing more Japanese, saving his wounded team, going out in a blaze of glory and earning a posthumous medal.
RZna TIL that facts don’t win arguments because of something called the ‘backfire effect’ in which “corrections actually increase misperceptions among the group in question.” Since your friend knows you and your opinions well, he or she does not view you as an all-knowing source of information.