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TIL a Puritan was excommunicated for “neglecting his wife” by not having sex with her for two years

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4nrw TIL a U.S congressman who sits on the Committee on Science and Technology believes that evolution and other popular scientific theories are “lies straight from the Pit of Hell … lies to try to keep me and all the folks who are taught that from understanding that they need a savior.”
r70o TIL in 2009 a man was arrested for child pornography in an airport while carrying a dvd of porn star Lupe Fuentes. When she found out, she immediately flew to the courtroom to prove she was over 18.
QJ0we TIL about a case study in which a cortically blind man was shown pictures of faces. He couldn’t explain what he was seeing, but the part of the brain that responds to threat and arousal spiked when he was shown pictures of faces that looked like they were staring at him.
9wNQM TIL In 2000, Enron and Blockbuster signed a "20-year exclusive deal" to provide movie on-demand services. They ended their partnership 8 months later.
ep0pD TIL that a jellyfish-like parasite which lives inside salmon flesh can survive without oxygen for it’s whole life. It is the only animal which can do this.