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TIL that Prince is a member of the Jehovah’s Witnesses and occasionally knocks on people’s doors to discuss his faith.

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b9RKp TIL a poll once included the question "Have you ever been decapitated?" 4% of Americans answered yes.
Rng6 TIL The Vatican has an astronomical department staffed with Jesuits and runs one of the worlds largest telescopes called LUCIFER located in Arizona
R7pl1 TIL that beavers build dams because they hate the sound of running water. A researcher set up speakers that played the audio of running water in multiple beaver populated areas, and the next morning found them to be covered in layers of sticks and mud.
lxWB TIL that the phrase “under God” wasn’t part of the Pledge of Allegiance until 1954, and that its adoption was largely due to pressure from the Knights of Colombus
Y7LNA TIL that The sperm whale is the largest of the toothed whales and the largest toothed predator.