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TIl in 2006, David Hart, a British priest, converted to Hinduism whilst remaining a Priest in the Church Of England.

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x6rkB TIL Nimrod is a biblical figure who is known as a mighty hunter. While most people think it means idiot or fool due to Bugs Bunny, he actually called Elmer Fudd this sarcastically because he is an awful hunter
GAZOj TIL Carl Gugasian, one of the most prolific bank robbers ever in the US, thought he’d never be able to get a real job and felt he had no option but to resort to a life of crime. Convicted of robbery at 15, he didn't know that his juvenile records would get expunged.
e0rdb TIL In 1958 nuclear weapons were proposed as a tool for petroleum extraction. The plan was to detonate 100 nuclear bombs in the Alberta Oil Sands, thus adding heat and decreasing viscosity, the bitumen could then be easily pumped out. The project was put on hiatus due to risk of Soviet espionage.
nW6m7 TIL that Lt. Quentin Roosevelt was shot down and killed during the First World War and buried by the German military, making him the only son of a President to die in combat.
D1dlD TIL of the Night Witches, a female only Soviet bomber regiment during World War 2. They would fly high up in their quieter WW1 bombers, cut their engines, and bomb the German front line in the middle of the night. This earned them the nickname "Nachthexen" by the Germans.