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TIL that an ignostic is “someone refuses to discuss whether God exists until the terms are defined.”

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vPa8x TIL there are anonymous baby drop boxes where parents can surrender unwanted newborns without fear of prosecution.
8eL1P TIL when Nirvana's opening band, Calamity Jane, got booed off stage at a concert in Buenos Aires, Nirvana decided to teach the crowd a lesson. So before every song of their set, they'd play the intro to "Smells Like Teen Spirit" & then just stop before continuing on to play an obscure song of theirs
awLXL TIL about mass suicides; occurring as early as 206 BC in Astapa to as late as 1946 in Bali, Indonesia. These mass suicides, which can reach a toll of thousands, are a form of political protest of defeated groups against their aggressors and are regarded as an honorable act of heroism.
y4bw TIL that one of Palau’s 16 states has 3 residents and 3 official languages
VMDB TIL that the digits of your fingers are sized roughly by the golden ratio. But even cooler, when you uncurl a fist, the trajectory of your fingertips follow the golden spiral.