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TIL Texas has at least 200 ghost-towns

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6EeBw TIL In 1988, Jimmy Swaggart became the poster boy for corruption in the evangelical revival circuit and he’s still preaching today. This televangelist cried in front of 8,000 people after being caught with prostitutes.
ydy8 TIL that locksmiths swear the Baldomeric Oath, an oath about professional ethics modeled after the Hippocratic oath, which was named after the 7th century Saint Baldomerus
yALJ TIL Elephants have death rituals.
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J8ej TIL that you can tell the difference between a fossilized bone and a regular rock by licking them. Your tongue will stick to the fossil, because the tiny pores that were in the bone will suck away moisture.