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TIL that the opposite of exorcism is adorcism: the practice of inviting positive spirits into places or people.

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WkPP8 TIL the natural birth rate of boys to girls is 105 to 100, but it evens out by reproductive age because more boys die in childhood.
x6bKw TIL about a TV Game show - Our Little Genius, which was accused of being rigged by one the contestant's parents, and Fox pulled it before telecast. Since the show never aired FCC couldn't conduct any investigation.
vKZD TIL Prisencolinensinainciusol was an Italian No. 1 pop hit written in fake American English. This is what English sounds like to foreigners. [4:02]
ljx7 TIL that a coal power plant releases over 100 times more radiation into the environment than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy
J1mk TIL there is a bog here in Florida that was an ancient burial pond and contains human remains that were buried almost 2000 years before the first pyramids. The skeletal remains were preserved so well that they managed to collect soft brain tissue from the skulls.