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TIL The Church of Satan won’t give membership to convicted felons.

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WmrN Today I learned that the price of admission for a zoo in 18th century England was a dog or a cat – they were fed to the lions.
9Y86X TIL: That cruise ships cause significant environmental harm by burning bunker fuel, the "nastiest and deadliest" fuel in the world.
mxDWP TIL the pervy roots of Neil Diamond’s ‘Sweet Caroline’. The song is based on a 12 year old Caroline Kennedy.
w0K7 TIL while Tolkien’s dwarves were often seen as greedy, they had special resistance to outside influence. Men gifted nine Rings from Sauron were corrupted into the Nazgûl, but Dwarves were unaffected, save by an increase in their goldlust and hatred for anything that stood between them and treasure.
ADJN4 TIL Bea Arthur from the Golden Girls was one of the first members of the United States Marine Corps Women's Reserve in WW2, achieving the rank of Staff Sergeant before being honorably discharged.