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TIL of the first person to be banned from the internet, Chris Lamprecht (u/mthreat)

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5aD8 TIL that Vatican’s chief astronomer, Fr. George Coyne said, “Intelligent design isn’t science even though it pretends to be. If you want to teach it in schools, intelligent design should be taught when religion or cultural history is taught, not science.”
nW5VP TIL The Bar Tab of a 1787 Farewell Party for George Washington Indicates That the Founding Fathers Drank 54 Bottles of Madeira, 60 of Claret, 8 of Whiskey, 22 of Porter, 8 of Cider, 12 of Beer--But There Were Only 55 Attendees
mx7EY TIL that India is called Hindustan in Persian, technically making it part of the stan group in central Asia.
8aDgV TIL that during the early 1900s, a debate raged about whether or not it was acceptable to portray wild animals with human-like thoughts and emotions in nature writing. President Teddy Roosevelt got involved, harshly criticizing writers who anthropomorphized wildlife—and dubbing them "nature fakers".
OGnwg TIL: The word "filibuster" was borrowed in the 1850s from a Spanish word meaning "lawless plunderer." It applied to private military adventurers from the U.S. who were attacking and pillaging Spanish colonies in Central America.