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LQQxd TIL about snake handling in Christianity. Members of some Christian sects in the Southern United States are regularly bitten by venomous snakes while participating in "snake handling" rituals. This ritual is inspired by a literal interpretation of the Bible verses Mark 16:17–18.
Ypm4x TIL that Frank Goldsmith, Jr., a Titanic survivor who later lived near Navin Field (Tiger Stadium) in Detroit, never took his children to baseball games because the roar of the crowd reminded him of the screams of people dying in the freezing water.
YpgBG TIL the motto of Spain was originally Non Plus Ultra ("Nothing further beyond") but after the discovery of the New World it was reversed to be Plus Ultra ("Further beyond").
Brmvy Today I learned that the running joke of Garry Gergich on the hit television show Parks and Recreation having his name constantly mistaken for Jerry is a reference to how the political term Gerrymandering (pronounced as Jerry-mandering) today mispronounces its intended namesake Gerry ("Gary").
KwYa TIL in 2007, children were shown The Hills Have Eyes 2 instead of The Last Mimzy in a US cinema. The opening scene of THHE2 features a chained naked woman giving birth to a deformed baby.