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TIL Vatican officials are changing the way they think about same sex couples. They are telling the Catholic Church to “welcome gays”

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5ekR TIL that mucophagy, or eating your own boogers, strengthens the immune system and children who do this are healthier and happier than their peers
e0aWb TIL in 1989, 2 million people joined hands and formed a human chain spanning 675.5 kilometres (419.7 mi) across Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuanua. They were peacefully demonstrating for independence for their countries from the Soviet Union.
x6E1b TIL that a 68-year-old inmate in Malta was fined €800 for telling the former prisons director and two guards to “kiss my balls”, but he appealed the sentence and won
vGlD TIL it takes the saguaro cactus 10 years to reach a foot tall. The saguaro cactus does not grow arms until it is approximately 70 years old.
wLOP TIL in Canada only people (not corporations) can donate to political parties/candidates and there’s a $1,200 max cap