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TIL that a congregation called the Yardbird Temple in San Francisco began worshipping acclaimed Jazz saxophonist John Coltrane as God incarnate. Although he has since been demoted to mere sainthood

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b6OkE TIL the 3rd-oldest permanent settlement in the United States is Santa Fe, New Mexico (1610) after Saint Augustine, Florida (1565) and Jamestown, Virginia (1607)
mxLGM TIL: The phrase "Dogs are a man's best friend." dates back to 1789 and was said by Frederick the Great of Prussia about his Italian Greyhound.
8aPKL TIL that the ‘Wilhelm Scream’, a distinctive stock audio scream, which has appeared in over 300 movies was voiced by Sheb Wooley who went onto record The Purple People Eater.
E1VVw A third of Americans believe Covid-19 laboratory conspiracy theory.
OkB1 TIL a monkey’s fist knot is used as the weight in heaving a line between ship and dock. Recognizing their potential, drunken sailors began using them as melee weapons in street and bar fights with the knot eventually being adopted by street gangs of the 19th century.