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TIL Fred Phelps hated Mr. Rogers and called him a wuss because he “…preached tolerance of all sorts of people in ways that directly contradicted the Bible.”

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8ao94 Today I learned that George Jetson was born in 2022. Welcome to the future.
wLeDE TIL an indigenous language in Mexico nearly died out in 2007 after the last two remaining speakers stopped talking to each other
9rwr TIL an Indian rationalist was accused of blasphemy and had to flee the country after he proved that the “miracle” tears coming from a Jesus statue actually came from clogged drainage pipes.
NXblP TIL before 1804, the office of the US vice-president was awarded to runner up to the presidential race
LBev TIL once 4th largest lake in the world, the Aral Sea, has declined to only 10% of its original size since the 1960’s. The shrinking of the Aral Sea has been called one of the planet’s worst environmental disasters.