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TIL that gargoyles were meant to scare church-goers, lure pagans, divert water in order to preserve stone walls, and date back to ancient Egypt.

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4krDR TIL Michael Phelps has won a record 23 Olympic gold medals; No other Olympian has won more than 9.
d8l8 TIL Rep. Joe Barton (R–Texas) is against wind energy because “wind is God’s way of balancing heat,” and fears that wind turbines will slow down the wind thus heating up the earth. He also claims wind is a “finite resource.”
mxnoE TIL: Wesley Autrey, a man who saved a student’s life after they had a seizure and fell onto the tracks at a station. A train was approaching. Westley leapt onto the tracks and threw himself over the student. All but two cars still passed over them, close enough to leave grease on Westley’s cap.
JYbOB TIL Jimmy Page had an affair with a 14 year old girl who lost her virginity to David Bowie
lolKK TIL Cleveland, Mississippi desegragated its schools in 2016, 62 years after the US supreme court ruled that segragated schools are unconstitutional