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TIL that The church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster is legally recognized as a religion in some countries.

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mxoWY TIL that a service Belgian Malinois was suspected of mauling a Pomeranian to death and ordered euthanized but was freed after DNA testing proved he was not the perpetrator
8eglZ Today I Learned that a medical condition exists where a pinky toe can self-amputate!
M8KB TIL Michael Jackson wrote over 40 tracks for Sonic The Hedgehog 3. Although he requested not to be credited(due to dissatisfaction with the sound quality), his compositions made it into the final game.
6Yal TIL the doctor who discovered washing hands could practically eliminate fatal infections was committed to an asylum by his staff and beaten to death by guards.
d6Q7 TIL Al-Qaeda initially planned to fly hijacked jets into nuclear installations, rather than the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. They had decided against the attack on nuclear power plants “for the moment” because of fears it could “get out of control”.