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TIL that in Alaska, a slow driving motorist with more than five cars behind them must pull over and let the cars pass

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dJr8 TIL Abraham Lincoln, Napoleon, Da Vinci, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and Neil Armstrong (+ many others) were all Deists. They believed God did not interfere or effect events on Earth - a view seen as herecy throughout most of their lives.
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