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TIL that Saint Anne is recognized by the Catholic Church as the grandmother of Jesus despite not being named anywhere in the Bible

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PyVO Til once a star creates Nickle 56 through fusion it has a mere minutes of life left. This is because Ni 56 decays to Fe 56, which has one of the highest bonding energies of all isotopes and is the last exothermic reaction in nuclear fusion.
xrL0 TIL the original floats in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade were released into the air after the parade because Macy’s didn’t know what to do with them. However they included a ticket that would fall to the ground after they popped. If you found the ticket, you could redeem it for a prize at Macy’s.
p5YN 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.
xV9Nk TIL that an 18-year-old girl called Rae Heim ran across America almost entirely barefoot. She only wore shoes on some hard terrain. She ran 3,437.5 miles in 8 months and raised more than $10,000 for charity. She started running barefoot at 16 after breaking a big toe, and kept it up after it healed.
6EKA7 TIL Regis Philbin broadcasted from Prince Edward Island in July 2010 but disliked local mussels and oysters because they were salty and squirmy. P.E.I.'s tourism office hoped "Live! With Regis & Kelly" would bring attention and tourism to the island, at a cost of $1 million to taxpayers