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TIL that Voodoo (over 60 million followers in West Africa and Haiti) and Shinto (around 100 million followers in Japan) do not have holy book.

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XE7AX TIL that sea lions hunt Ocean Sunfish for sport, tearing their fins off and tossing the body around, before leaving the still living fish to die on the ocean floor.
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DQOkJ TIL treadmills were used in Victorian times as punishments in prison