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TIL Contrary to popular belief, cities in the U.S. are significantly safer than small towns

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Vgmk TIL: Thomas Jefferson wrote a book called The Jefferson Bible: The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth because he believed the pure-principled teachings of Jesus should have been separated from the dogma and abuse of organized religion of the day.
Lkybm TIL a lab in Massachusetts pays people $40 for their poop. That poop is used for fecal transplants when a patient has chronic “C. diff” infections.
6EZWw TIL that evaporation of the man-made Salton Sea has caused algal blooms from concentrated fertilizer runoff, botulism-tainted fish, massive bird die-offs that required 24/7 incineration of the carcasses, and toxic, foul-smelling clouds of dust that wafted into Los Angeles.
JYla1 TIL about the Carthusian Martyrs. These men refused to accept Henry VIII as the Supreme Head of the Church in England and were brutally killed because of it. The English authorities under Thomas Cromwell killed and harrassed the Carthusians until they were finally able to loot their monastery.
awxAM TIL A coyote can outrun a roadrunner by double its speed