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TIL there almost were programmable, steam-driven computers in the 1840s

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LKyZ TIL that Bob Marley’s manager would take him and his other wailers to rehearse late at night in the local cemetery where he believed that if they could conquer their fear of ‘duppies’ (spirits), they could also conquer any stage fright.
5YAB TIL two thirds of teenagers in the UK are atheists
e0RLE TIL the Catholic Church has accepted the Big Bang theory and Darwinian evolution since 1950.
XwjD TIL South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker have no memory of making the episode “Sexual Harassment Panda” due to the fact they were so exhausted and hungover from making the South Park movie
yV7Np TIL Adelir Antônio de Carli, also known as 'Balloon Priest,' died in April 2008 during a cluster-ballooning attempt to raise funds for a spiritual rest area for truck drivers in Paranaguá, Brazil.