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TIL that Stephanie Meyer is a member of the LDS church and considers the Book of Mormon her biggest inspiration for the Twilight Saga

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kWoE TIL that tea parties weren’t invented until the 1830s; which means the 1773 Boston Tea Party wasn’t known by that name until more than 60 years after the event. At the time it was referred to as “the destruction of the tea”.
ne4wb TIL that Gothic literature makes a distinction between “terror” and “horror.” Terror is the sense of dread and apprehension that precedes an experience, horror is the sense of revulsion after an experience.
nek0G TIL about half of the Lincoln Memorial is hidden underground. The 43,800-square-foot basement was built with dozens of concrete columns to support the weight of the marble structure.
Y79av TIL In the 18th century, philosopher Bishop Berkeley argued for immaterialism, stating material objects don’t exist independently of our perception of them. To which, thinker Samuel Johnson expressed disagreement by kicking a large stone and declaring, "I refute it thus!"
m1P1P TIL about the Easter Sunday Massacre in 1975 where a man killed 11 members of his family. To date it is the deadliest shooting by a lone perp in the state of Ohio