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Til Muslims believe that all human beings are born pure. Children automatically go to heaven when they die, regardless of the religion of their parents

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KOew4 TIL that the the royal anthem could also be called “god save the king”
MVvW TIL that there was a Hutt jedi in Star Wars who would later turn to the darkside
M7yBK TIL that even though Jim Delligatti is often regarded as the creator of the Big Mac, Delligatti admitted that he didn’t invent the Big Mac, but merely copied the “double deck hamburger” marketed by the Big Boy hamburger chain since the 1940s. The actual Big Mac was created to compete with Big Boy.
rR8e0 TIL the spiked ball and chain was never an actually used in warfare; it is entirely a fantasy weapon invented by later peoples but attributed to the middle ages
0wM1A TIL that the ingredients used by the witches in Macbeth, such as eye of newt and toe of frog, are actually just old terms for herbs, flowers and plants. In particular, eye of newt is the name for mustard seeds and toe of frog refers to buttercups.