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TIL that Katherine Hepburn [b.1907-d.2003], 12 time Academy Award nominated actress was an atheist saying once in an interview: “I am an atheist and that’s it. I believe there’s nothing we can know except that we should be kind to each other and do what we can for other people.”

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NnZP TIL guards at New Mexico State Penitentiary had a “snitch game”. They would label inmates as snitches, let them be abused, and wait for them to turn into informants to escape their tormentors.