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TIL about the church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster that practices Pastafarianism. Said monster created the universe while drunk. It's version of Heaven includes a beer volcano and a stripper factory.

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W7Nw9 TIL of miasma theory, an abandoned medical theory, that held that that diseases such as cholera were caused by “bad air”. Some academics suggested the theory extended to other conditions as well, such as becoming obese by inhaling the odor of food.
1agJW TIL Lincoln’s bodyguard, a drunk previously reprimanded for drinking on the job, was not at his post to protect POTUS the night Lincoln died. Instead, he was at the Star Saloon next door drinking; the same saloon where John Wilkes Booth was seeking the liquid courage to assassinate the President.
E1kxd TIL In 2019, researchers painted cows black-and-white and found that fly bites reduced by 50%, because flies are less likely to sit on black-and-white striped surfaces. They have proposed this method as a possible prevention technique for the spread of disease through fly bites.
WeLN TIL Spy Magazine sent 13-cent checks to some of the world’s richest people to see who would cash them. The only two people to do so were an arms dealer and Donald Trump.
YgZZ TIL Quarantine comes from the Latin word for 40, which was the number of a days a ship had to wait to dock because of the plague…