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TIL Fred Phelps, founder of the anti-homosexual Westboro Baptist Church, was excommunicated by his own church just before his death for advocating being kinder to members.

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6ovw TIL Dutch cyclist Maarten de Jonge has cheated death twice after changing both MH17 and MH370 flights.
OGMeX TIL: The Tully Monster, a prehistoric animal so bizarre that scientists still can't agree on how to classify it.
OG8yg TIL breast milk changes composition when the baby is sick.
EgKj7 Today I learned violin strings are made from sheep intestines then wrapped in metal
7rE6Z TIL that Edgar Rice Burrows, escaped the Chicago flu epidemic of 1891, because he spent half a year at his brother's ranch in Idaho.