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TIL There is a type of catfish that will strand itself on the beach to kill pigeons.

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OPaY TIL that a “mail-order church” fought the IRS for tax-exempt status for 17 years. Status was granted in 2000. In 2007, the “church” earned $6 million per month, mostly by targeting low income and elderly persons who were told that donations are required to have their prayers answered.
WkZ6N TIL Swedish elk (moose to North Americans) get drunk on fermenting apples and sometimes get stuck in trees
kJa7W TIL of anchorites, medieval Christian ascetics who were walled into a cell ("anchorhold") attached to a church for their entire adult lives. Through small windows, they received sustenance, disposed of waste, and provided spiritual guidance to the public.
kJopE TIL of Longtermism, an ethical stance which values future people just as much as people alive today, from a longtermist perspective, killing billions of humans today would be perfectly moral if it ensured the survival of trillions of humans a million years from now.
6njJ TIL - Ireland was one of the earliest countries to adopt a system of hereditary surnames (11th century)