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TIL For Decades, Southern States Considered Thanksgiving an Act of Northern Aggression

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ep69L TIL The Gospel of Judas, discovered in 2007, is one of many of "non-canonical" gospels from the same periods as the 4 canon gospels, and are, in some cases, arbitraliy excluded: Marcion, Judas, Mani, Apelles, & Bardesanes, etc. Some paint Jesus's teachings as more dharmic.
B8Br TIL a scientist in London has found a drug that acts as a synthetic alcohol and even has a “sober-up” pill that will quickly reverse the effects
j7VQ TIL biologists that have worked with Arctic wolves on Ellesmere Island, Canada over 25 field seasons describe ‘wolves as wimps’ as they are so gentle and caring for each other.
Qxx9 TIL the Stoned Ape Theory of human evolution hypothesizes that psychedelics transformed Homo erectus to Homo sapiens
gMmED TIL that the word "bangarang", made famous by the film Hook, is Jamaican slang for, "riot, disturbance, or mischief."