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TIL That a Flood Destroyed The Home Of Hate Group Leader Who Claimed “God Sends Natural Disasters To Punish Gays”

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woYoJ TIL The last time it took more than one ballot to elect the Speaker of the House was 100yrs ago in 1923.
nePxb TIL Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have succeeded in extracting a complete human genome from a thousands-of-years old "chewing gum."
grw09 TIL that there was a planned sequel to the Rocky Horror Picture Show named "Revenge of the Old Queen". The script was written and the opening song recorded, but it wasnever filmed.
0wVLM TIL that natural gas was discovered serendipitously around 500 BC in China. Bamboo pipelines were used to transport the gas, which was used to boil salt water to extract salt.
b9r17 TIL there’s a single word for spirits/angels/deities whose job is to escort the dead to the afterlife. “Psychopomp”