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TIL Americans find rapists more trustworthy than atheists

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Ao9w TIL Johnny Cash’s real name was J.R. Cash, and that the Air Force wouldn’t accept initials as a name.
ADYkd TIL lobsters do not die due to aging. They become stronger and more fertile with age due to the presence of enzyme telomerase which tepairs DNA sequence.
QJ6Mp TIL that the '=' sign was designed in 1557 by Robert Recorde, having gotten fed up with writing 'is equal to'. He decided that there was nothing more equal than two parallel lines, and designed the symbol from that logic
RYD8 TIL In a case between two African-Americans, a New York jury found use of the N-word at the workplace creates a racially hostile environment. No excuses or exceptions.
PVdL TIL John Wayne was in his hotel room, below Frank Sinatra’s, who was having a party. The noise kept Wayne up so he went to his room and yelled at him. A guard came saying, “Nobody talks to Sinatra that way.” Wayne slapped the man and knocked him out by breaking a chair on top of him. The noise ended