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TIL there's a church dedicated to weed

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j0oN TIL why some people stay irrationally calm and take no action when faced with an immediate or impending disaster. It’s called “normalcy bias”.
vPPOB TIL a modern Formula 1 car costs over $20 Million to build, with almost 90% of the cost being the engine.
Mepp7 TIL that America’s highest-ranking Vietnamese-born military officer is the only survivor of a massacre thought to be perpetrated by the Viet Cong member, Bảy Lốp, whose execution was captured in that famous photograph.
oRpmW TIL Daniel Radcliffe was in Bath when he received the news that he had been cast as Harry Potter! and to celebrate, he was permitted to watch Faulty Towers for an additional 30 minutes after going to bed.