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TIL of Michael Taylor, a British man who murdered his wife by tearing out her eyes and tongue with his bare hands after an all night exorcism that supposedly left three demons remaining within him - insanity, murder, and violence

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wor47 TIL Christopher Hitchens, in his book "God is not Great", suggests that the pork prohibition found in Semitic religions is based in the proscription of human sacrifice, extended to pigs because of the similarities in appearance and flavor between pork and human flesh.
R7n14 TIL Many French Bulldogs require artificial insemination to breed because their hips are too slim to allow the male to mount the female. In addition, 80% of their litters are delivered through C-section.
eO6E TIL of Stanley Meyer’s water powered car, mysterious death, and final words: “They poisoned me!”
pYx8A TIL that there were works on metro 2033 movie, but because director wanted to set the actions in Washington instead of Moscow, Glukhovskiy cancelled the movie.
MBLV TIL: When asked about atheists Pope Francis replied “They are our valued allies in the commitment to defending human dignity, in building a peaceful coexistence between peoples and in safeguarding and caring for creation.”