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TIL Catholics are forbidden from joining Masonic organizations and those who do are subsequently in a “state of grave sin and may not receive Holy Communion.”

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dD7EZ TIL that a sonic boom occurs because a jet is moving faster than the sound it is creating.
7rOOM TIL about Kongō Gumi Co., Ltd. (株式会社金剛組), a family-owned Japanese construction company which has been in business since 578 AD.
KjOa TIL Canada formally awarded Santa Claus official citizenship and gave him his own postal code (H0H 0H0) so children can send him letters
loLp7 TIL: That the U.S. government poisoned alcohol during Prohibition. Something called the "chemist's war" that would "denature" alcohol to deter people from drinking.
PYO1L TIL Hayao Miyazaki withdrew from retirement for the 7th time and announced he was making a film so that his grandson knows that ‘Grandpa is moving onto the next world soon but he is leaving this film behind because he loves you.’