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TIL the trombone used to be called the sackbut

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DrOr TIL that while Danny Trejo was filming his cameo in “The Muppets: Most Wanted!” his mother passed. The cast all offered their sympathy but he shrugged it off because of his ‘tough guy’ persona. It wasn’t until Steve Whitmire apologized in character as Kermit the Frog that Trejo broke down crying.
WNxo TIL there is a religion called Christian atheism. Practitioners believe in essentially the same things as traditional Christians except that the Bible is completely metaphorical and that God and/or Jesus is an allegory for human morality rather than a real being.
v188K TIL a half male/half female Cardinal was spotted in Pennsylvania. Most gynandromorphs are infertile, but this one has a chance of reproducing as the left side is female; (as in most birds, only the left ovary is functional). He/she was always in the company of a male Cardinal.
jQQN TIL the knuckleball is so rare in baseball that pitchers who use it share tips and suggestions even if on competing teams, because they have no others on their own teams to discuss the pitch with.
B8ny TIL the Supreme Court’s ruling on FCC v. AT&T, which determined that corporations don’t have the same rights as people, ends “We trust that AT&T will not take it personally”