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TIL that Japan has over 14,000 islands

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KYlea TIL the US constitution protects both ritual animal sacrifice and sports coaches holding public prayer with players before a sports game. Theoretically, a coach could sacrifice a goat to Satan before every little league game, and the state could not lawfully intervene or stop them.
VMDnQ TIL that the term "lobby" comes from the ability of ordinary people to meet their representatives in lobbies and hallways of the UK Parliament buildings after debates
6Bw TIL on his deathbed, Steve Jobs refused to wear his oxygen mask because he did not like the design of it
OGAva TIL that John Byrne said that he “unconsciously lifted” the story of the X-Men comic “Days of Future Past” from the plot of the 1972 Doctor Who serial “Day of the Daleks”.
grlwy TIL Andrew Johnson was drunk when he made his inaugural address as Vice President of the US on March 4, 1865. Multiple sources say he was drunk for at least a week prior, he drank heavily the night before, and drank either three glasses of whisky or one glass of brandy the morning of the ceremony.