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TIL Catholic Church has a birthday. Pentecost is the birthday of the Catholic Church.

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b90y7 TIL when a painting was stolen from the Museum of Bad Art, the museum initially offered a reward of $6.50 for its return. This was latter upped to $36.73. Ten years later, the thief contacted the museum and demanded a $5000 ransom for the painting. No ransom was paid, but it was returned anyway.
PY8J TIL on September 11, 1857, a wagon train heading through Utah toward California was attacked by a Mormon Militia. The militia had disguised themselves as Indians, but once it was suspected that their cover was blown, the Mormons feigned a truce and slaughtered 120 men, women, and children.
Ok1R TIL a National Geographic photographer (Arctic specialist) felt “true love” for, and nurtured by, a 1000 lb. leopard seal that could “kill you in an instant” He spent 4 days in the water with her while she continually tried to feed him penguins. (On the link story starts around 51 minutes in)
wk0M TIL Cannabis is a stimulant, depressant, and a hallucinogen all in one.
ZpKdG TIL that there’s a Fish Doorbell in Utrecht, Netherlands, where viewers ring the bell to help fish pass through a boat lock