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TIL: The big bang theory was first proposed by a catholic priest.

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5WQk TIL after US Representative Paul Broun stated that “ the sciences of embryology, evolution, and the Big Bang are lies straight from the Pit of Hell”, in the 2012 general election, over 5,000 voters in the 10th District voted for Charles Darwin as a write-in candidate.
xVNe5 TIL One of George Lucas’ influences for “Star Wars” was “The Lord of the Rings.”
0LQR TIL the skin of a female shark is much thicker than that of a male because males bite females during mating.
MVZK TIL That, in an American experiment, when showed gay porn, 80% of the homophobes had an erection compared to 34% of the non-homophobic subjects
LQ6XZ TIL following the success of the National Lampoon's Animal House, Mad magazine lent its name to the comedy film, Up the Academy but it was such a commercial and critical failure that Mad arranged for all references to the magazine to be removed from future TV and video releases of the film.