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TIL in 1998 17.6 million Americans were employed in manufacturing

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LQYg0 TIL that in 1625, after an armed uprising in upper austria, the 36 suspected ringleaders were forced to roll dices in pairs and the loosers were hung. 18 were pardoned including 2 who lost the dice game.
ajj0 TIL: The scientists who found gluten sensitivity evidence have now shown it doesn’t exist
eAb6 TIL that in the Old Testament, Yahweh (God) actually sues Israel for breach of contract (the Sinai covenant). It is the only instance of God initiating a lawsuit against humans in the Bible.
dDWvr TIL that George Carlin performed a 30 minute bit called, "I Kinda Like It When a Lotta People Die" on September 10, 2001.
wor47 TIL Christopher Hitchens, in his book "God is not Great", suggests that the pork prohibition found in Semitic religions is based in the proscription of human sacrifice, extended to pigs because of the similarities in appearance and flavor between pork and human flesh.