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TIL Jehovah’s Witnesses were persecuted and lynched for refusing to say the Pledge of Allegiance in the 1940s

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16vWO TIL that in 250 million years all continents on our planet will converge and form a new supercontinent, Pangea Ultima. This may also lead to a climate tipping point and Earth becoming uninhabitable for mammals.
VMBd8 TIL that Apollo 11 could've flown from N.Y to L.A in under 6 minutes
9Yjdm TIL not a single survivor of the original 115 settlers of Roanoke Island were ever found in 1590. There was no trace of violence, struggle or even a grave, only the word 'CRO' carved in one tree and 'CROATAN' carved in another. It is one of the oldest unsolved mysteries in American history.
4XekJ TIL Dish soap doesn't kill bacteria, it just lifts the food and grime off so that it can be rinsed away.
v1yYr TIL that a Scottish parliamentarian introduced a bill to decriminalize homosexuality in England after his gay brother killed himself. It passed. He wrote another bill to protect badgers. It failed. When asked why the latter didn’t pass, he snorted “There are not many badgers in the House of Lords.”