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TIL The Satanic Temple has an after school Satan Club

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WkoQA TIL in World War I, deep fried potato batons were popular among American soldiers stationed in Belgian after they were served to the British for their love of chips. As, the language locally and of the Belgian Army at the time was French, they thought they were in France naming them ‘French fries’.
aweeZ TIL that despite the popular use of being 'low on the totem pole' being lower down in the pecking order, native americans would often accord the most prestige to the lowest position on the totem pole, seen as 'bearing the weight of all other figures', or at eye level to heighten significance
OaBX TIL There is a sport originating from Finland in which a man races an obstacle course while carrying his wife, and is rewarded for a win by her weight in beer.
4kyGN TIL that electric vehicles typically weigh 20-50% more than gas-powered cars & guardrails do very little to stop EV’s from barreling through barriers
8axd8 TIL that a cow kicked open the door on a 2-story trailer and jumped out on the way to the slaughterhouse in order to give birth to her baby girl