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TIL: The Church of Satan does not believe in Satan as a deity. They consider themselves “skeptical atheists.”

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gMJNW TIL in 1944, a 21 year old tail gunner of a Lancaster Bomber jumped from his aircraft after being shot down over Germany. He fell 18,000 ft without a parachute and survived with a sprained leg as his only injury.
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