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TIL “Spicy” is a form of pain, not taste

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ypJw TIL there is an attorney in Utah who processes resignations - free of charge, in any country - for Mormons to officially leave the church.
jkXj TIL there was a controversial Seinfeld episode that was never filmed due to its dark subject matter; the cast began rehearsing, but upon learning the script involved Elaine purchasing a handgun, holding it to her head and joking “Where do you want it Jerry? The Kennedy?”, they said it went too far
mx6rP TIL The Beatles song "She Said She Said" on Revolver was written after a party in 1965. John Lennon and George Harrison were on LSD, and actor Peter Fonda creeped them out by telling them "I know what it’s like to be dead." Lennon responded "You’re making me feel like I’ve never been born."
W7NbX TIL that Iceland and the UK directly fought against each other in the "Cod Wars" intermittently from the 1950s to the 1970s. This was despite both states being members of NATO.
WAlL TIL Viruses sometimes got lucky enough to copy themselves into an egg that became fertilized and grew into a full-fledged adult. So that viral DNA got passed down from generation to human generation as so-called endogenous retroviruses