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TIL the Catholic Church considers superstition to be a sin.

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0drAN TIL that race can be identified genetically with almost 100% accuracy, despite people claimijg it doesn't exist
8eYlX TIL that Blue Öyster Cult were forced to ban cowbells from their concerts after the SNL sketch, and never featured the instrument live until after it aired
4Xe0J TIL that a Japanese TV show apparently hired 3 experts in fluid mechanics, engineering, and dentistry to determine the best way to hold a burger. After 4 months of research, they concluded that your pinkie and thumb should be on the bottom, while the remaining fingers should be on top of the burger.
9YB57 TIL Mitch Hedberg was the Jimmy John's voiceover guy in 2005
epkp4 TIL about the cosmic lithium problem: Post-Big Bang, the universe had mainly hydrogen and helium, with traces of lithium and beryllium. Surprising, there's 3x less lithium in ancient stars than predicted and scientists aren’t sure why.