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TIL: Churches Can Get Insurance for Abuse and Molestation Lawsuits

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VM8Bp TIL in 1981 the body of a man was discovered by a church in St bees, England. He was wrapped in a lead sheet so his nails and stomach contents were nearly perfectly preserved, his skin was pinkish and liquid blood was found in his chest. He was A.De Lucy, a knight who died in the crusades in 1333
78gGX TIL in Japan 7/11 operates banks
N7mKE TIL about the Incroyables and Merveilleuses: Aristocratic survivors of the French Revolution who created a macabre and decadent subculture and "greeted one another with violent movements of the head as if in decapitation"
yQjOJ TIL that about 1 in 5 people suffer from photic sneeze reflex. A genetic condition that causes them to sneeze when exposed to a bright light, like the sun.
LQ0Qv TIL that some women used to douche with Coca-Cola after sex as a means of preventing pregnancy and that a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that Diet Coke is a more potent spermicide than regular Coke.