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TIL in 2016 one tax payer moved away from New Jersey and threw off the entire state's budget

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KOOva TIL the Missionary Church of Kopimism is a congregation of file sharers who believe that copying information is a sacred virtue and have officially been recognized as a religious community since 2012 in Sweden.
XZxP TIL We are living in a modern mass extinction event. Between 1500 and 2009, 875 animals have officially gone extinct, mainly due to human involvement. Undocumented estimates are much higher.
E1GG7 TIL that a potential complication during vaginal delivery is a "Uterine Inversion". In order to treat said inversion, the attending Doctor quite literally fists the female; he/she grabs the uterus through the vagina, and manually pushes it back into place. The alternative is massive hemorrhage.
ekBD TIL a 1995 WHO study that stated “Occasional cocaine use does not typically lead to severe or even minor physical or social problems” was never published because the US threatened to withdraw US funding for all WHO research projects
BEWW TIL there is a gospel according to Mary Magdalene, that is not included in the Bible