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TIL unlike what most people think, being Agnostic is the view that "human reason is incapable of providing sufficient rational grounds to justify either the belief that God exists or the belief that God does not exist."

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4QPg TIL the longest one-syllable word in the English language is screeched (9 letters)
Brxyd TIL about the Lost Colony of Roanoke, the first attempt at British settlement of North America. The leader of the colony left for England for supplies and returned to find all 120 colonists and their buildings had vanished. The only clue was the word ‘CROATOAN’ carved into a tree.
yQeEl TIL dogs that served with the US Army in Afghanistan from 2010 - 2014 were poorly treated upon discharge, some were left in kennels for many months and not cared for, while others remain unaccounted. Several soldiers later searched for and rescued their ex-partners.
VMbjZ TIL Christopher Havens, a convicted murderer solves ancient math problem in prison. Taught himself higher math and solved the age-old math puzzle of number theory involving so-called continued fractions over which Euclid has already racked his brains. He then published the journal in January 2020.
VQeB TIL Chuck Lorre (producer of 2.5 Men, Big Bang Theory) wrote the lyrics to the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles theme song