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TIL that although the All-Seeing Eye was a real Freemasonry symbol, it has zero connection to the Illuminati except in modern conspiracy theory

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GwVj TIL there have been serious scientific attempts to study whether or not our “reality” is, in fact, a computer simulation a la “The Matrix”
o4jo TIL when the West Virginia was raised after being sunk in the attack in Pearl Harbor the bodies of three sailors were found in an airtight hold along with evidence that the men had survived sixteen days after the attack.
Z8xLB TIL of the "Stoned Ape" theory of human evolution which states that early hominids ate "magic mushrooms" growing in the dung of large African Animals and this helped to rapidly evolve the human brain into a state of higher consciousness.
1gAD TIL that Kim Jong-il supposedly shot a 38 under par in golf his first time trying the sport. A feat that required no less than 5 hole in ones. The accomplishment is 25 shots better than the world record. Having been satisfied with his preformance, he promptly retired from the sport forever.
9wLK6 TIL that ethics books are substantially more likely to go missing from university libraries than books about other fields of philosophy