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TIL Norway is 39% atheist

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a8kv9 TIL: The government of the European microstate San Marino made United States President Abraham Lincoln an honorary citizen. He wrote in reply, saying that the republic proved that "government founded on republican principles is capable of being so administered as to be secure and enduring"
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bAQE TIL Through a series of electrocutions to the spinal cord, four patients who were paralyzed from the neck or below, have been given full control of their limbs
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