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TIL that since 2010 there is a church called united church of bacon. They have over 25,000 members and even have their own bacon commandments.

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oRO4L TIL there is a world championships for playing the air guitar. The motto of the competition is "Make Air Not War".
yQJw8 TIL that if you add 250ml of ethanol to 250ml of water, you get less than 500ml of liquid. This is due to strong hydrogen bonding that draws the different molecules close together, and because ethanol interferes with any open structures in the water, causing the molecules to pack closer together.
Mg08 TIL every fig has a dead wasp in it.
d8pNK TIL that ethinlyestradiol (EE2) can cause impaired sexual differentiation in male embryos. Said embryos are intersex, genetically male but physically female.
KO1W9 TIL: The Hula burger. In 1962, Ray Kroc added a grilled piece of pineapple with a slice of cheese in a bun as a meatless option for Catholics on Lent. Needless to say, it didn’t last very long