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TIL The Salvation Army is run by evangelicals

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KOMJR TIL recycled coffee grounds can be turned into fire logs that burn hotter, last longer and have a bigger flame.
e04ag TIL about Patrick's Pub and Grill, a bar that's split in half on the border of Georgia and Tennessee. What's even stranger is that the Georgia half is in a "dry county", meaning that any alcohol purchased on the Tennessee side cannot be brought to the Georgia side - all within the same restaurant.
M7xab TIL that Indian Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri died of a heart attack just several hours after signing the Tashkent Declaration ending the 1965 Indo-Pakistani War. Conspiracy theories around his death have swirled ever since.
Ypydx TIL: Thomas Paine, author of Common Sense, the pamphlet that helped gain support for American Independence, was one of the first people to publicly doubt Jesus Christ existed. Prior Christian skeptics simply believed Christ wasn't the son of God.
GYZ94 TIL Rats laugh when they're tickled too, but they giggle at 50kHz, which is out of our audio range.