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TIL that in 1986 "Dear God" by XTC was released about an agnostic questioning the existence of god and a Florida radio station received a bomb threat for playing it.

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4X7Qo TIL about Fr. James Coyle, a Catholic Priest in Alabama who was murdered in 1921 for celebrating a secret interracial marriage.
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