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TIL Jeffrey Dahmer converted to Christianity after being baptized by a pastor named Roy Ratcliff. Dahmer met with Ratcliff every week to discuss the Bible until he was murdered 14 months later. Ratcliff described Dahmer as a truly changed man.

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OoW76 TIL about the Expulsion of the Acadians, the forced removal by the British of the Acadian people who refused to sign an unconditional oath of allegiance to Britain during the French and Indian War. Many settled in Louisiana. The French word "Acadien" evolved and was anglicized as the word "Cajun".
ybGM TIL a Tennessee Church kicked out a woman who had been a member for 60 years for refusing to publicly condemn her lesbian daughter
wPQP TIL that war dogs are always ranked higher than their handlers in order to ensure that if a handler ever mistreats his dog, it would be considered assault on a superior officer.
Lk6Q0 TIL that large animals like whales rarely die of cancer as more aggressive tumors grow on the original tumor and destroy it.
16RAr TIL that due to a former Irish crewman re-stealing his stolen booty, Welsh pirate 'Black Bart' believed all Irish were dishonest. When word got out about Barts prejudice, people he tried to force into piracy would often fake an Irish accent in order to escape a life on the high seas.