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TIL the Catholic Church considers superstition to be a sin.

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yQZZa TIL A software developer rigged the lottery software he coded in several states, so he would know what the winning numbers would be 3 days per year.
D1Emr TIL that some species of turtle can breathe through their butt. When hibernating under ice-covered water, the turtles cannot come up to breathe. Since their metabolism is so slow in winter, they don't need much oxygen, so they are able to obtain it by sucking water into the cloaca.
781Lx TIL- the world’s smallest park is 452 square inches, in Portland, Oregon.
kJglg TIL that childhood adversity including parental neglect, domestic instability, and maltreatment is strongly associated with increased neuroticism along with reduced agreeableness, conscientiousness, and extraversion in adulthood. predictors of chronic cynicism and impaired social functioning
pY90Z TIL Little Shop Of Horrors was the first ever DVD in history to get recalled. In 1998, a disc was released to stores containing a "black-and-white, un-scored, un-dubbed video copy of the original ending that looked like shit."