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TIL the Catholic Church considers superstition to be a sin.

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olk8 TIL of the 1850’s Raising of Chicago. Buildings and whole streets were raised nearly 2 meters with screw jacks to allow the installation of a sewage system.
Wdjo TIL Penicillin would be extracted from a patient’s urine and be reused
XGJr TIL A study has found that some soldiers are so attached to their bomb disposal robots that they treat them as if they had personalities, mourn them if they became damaged by enemy explosives; and even hold funerals for them when they ‘die’
nlxd TIL the slogan of Bethesda is “the more you play with us, the bigger we get!”
oN8o TIL Opossums are the only non-primate with opposable thumbs, and they’re the only North American marsupial (meaning they have a pouch, like kangaroos)