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TIL Neil deGrasse Tyson is not an atheist.

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neoBP TIL of the oldest bottle of wine, Known as Römerwein, or the Speyer wine bottle, it’s at least 1,650 years old. This dates back to the 4th century, sometime between 325 and 359 AD. The 1.5-liter glass vessel was discovered during the excavation of a Roman nobleman’s tomb in modern-day Germany.
rR5ko TIL that Terry Kath killed himself by an accidental gun shot to the head after saying to his roadie, “Don’t worry... look, the clip’s not even in it” then pulling the gun’s trigger while it still had a bullet in the chamber.
eya5 TIL there are adventure playgrounds in Europe where kids can essentially do whatever they want, including light fires, in a junkyard-like setting.
jN5ej TIL of Big Hill-a section of railway on the Canadian Pacific line that proved so difficult to climb, spiral-shaped tunnels had to be bored to reduce the slope to a safe grade.
1aBQ7 TIL two surfers Andrew Cooper and Alex Schulze started the 4ocean movement and now has 27 operations around the world and has collected 4 million pounds of trash since 2017.