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TIL The Church of Satan has some pretty sane and reasonable ground rules

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WkBxL TIL There is no Federal statute mandating that a private business, a person, or an organization must accept currency or coins as payment for goods or services. Private businesses are free to develop their own policies on whether to accept cash unless there is a state law which says otherwise.
wojBE TIL On The Cure's first big tour Robert Smith pulled double duty after the guitarist for headliner Siouxsie and the Banshees quit. Smith opened as lead singer and guitarist with The Cure and then played lead guitar for the Banshees. He said the experience heavily influenced The Cure's future sound.
lojeN TIL the oldest continuously ongoing company in the world is a construction company in Japan specializing in Buddhist temples. Established in 578 CE, it is as old as the time when Buddhism was introduced into Japan in 538 CE. In 2007, after 1,429 years in business, it ran out of money.
wooDo TIL: HIV disproportionally affects women.
rNBeo TIL with today's medicine, Abraham Lincoln likely would've survived his assassination (his frontal lobes were undamaged and he died 10 hours after being shot).