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TIL that there was a cult that lived in a village modeled on ancient Egypt, and mixed black nationalism, cryptozoology, UFO religions, and conspiracy theories, until it’s founder was convicted of largest child molestation prosecution in history

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b9Lea TIL that Thuringia produces its own brand of cola which is more popular there than Coca Cola
wLQME TIL: Plastic will become a geological layer of Earth. They are contributing to a new era of history, called the Anthropocene
7LAX TIL that 90.4% of internet users don’t use Twitter.
BrJwL TIL that in 1986 the Dutch embassy in London found out that the Scilly Isles in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands continued to fight each other for 335 straight years due to a conflict involving Royalist forces. No one got injured.
oRwr8 TIL that some creatures such as frog embryos can change their DNA using sound. We are experimenting with using sound for DNA changes now and this may lead to human DNA alterations without splicing, cutting or intruding into the body manually.