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TIL of Flagellant Brothers, a group of men who roamed in streets and whipped their naked bodies for atonement of their sins and called others to repent during the Black Death.

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N7WAJ TIL that the limousine JFK was killed in was refurbished and occasionally used by Presidents Johnson, Nixon, Ford and Carter until 1977.
kOLBe TIL There were people in Kentucky that had blue skin
wLWxJ TIL that Jim Hanks, the brother of Tom Hanks, does the voice acting for Woody in many commercials, shows, and games while Tom does the big movies and shows
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