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

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nMpb TIL A man named Ota Benga was held in a zoo in 1906, 40 years after the end of slavery in the U.S. He was in a cage with an Orangutan. Atendance at the zoo doubled over the time he was there, and 40,000 people visited the zoo in a single day.
xV7KB TIL seven members of the 82nd Airborne Division were charged with appearing on military-themed gay porn
pmP4 TIL: People in Iceland genuinely believe in elves. They live in the forests and they have an elf church.
OogyX TIL that in 1931, a man stole an airplane but was acquitted on all charges because airplanes were not considered "vehicles" and there was no law against aircraft theft at the time.
4XJlN TIL the US Air Force tested how cats react to being tossed in air in zero gravity. The experiment was documented in a 1947 bioastronautics research video which included slow-mo ejection-seat footage (of men, not cats). They also tested pigeons in zero gravity; some pigeons flew upside down.