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TIL There are insurance companies that offer abuse and molestation insurance for churches.

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KYXKJ TIL that modern HIV treatments can both prevent transmission of the virus and also prevent its development into AIDS
D1BWr TIL Before committing suicide with gas, composer Peter Warlock locked his cat outside so that it wouldn't die with him.
ANk97 TIL there is a difference between shock and electrocution which is short for electric execution. An electrocution results in death. While people survive getting shocked, they may struggle for the rest of their lives with burn scars, seizures, chronic pain, severe headaches, nerve damage, paralyzed
QJZ7d TIL that the Walkie Talkie building in London can reflect sunlight so intensely that it once melted a car
p8aX8 TIL that Dan Shechtman was shamed for his ideas on quasicrystals. A Nobel laureate commented that 'there is no such thing as quasicrystals, only quasi-scientists'. In 2011 Dan Schechtman was awarded the Nobel Prize for the discovery of quasicrystals.