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TIL that a Catholic cannot join any Masonic organization because membership is a grave sin bars the member from receiving Communion

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Zpeyp TIL of ray cat, a proposed kind of cat that would be genetically engineered to glow in the presence of nuclear radiation to act as a long-term nuclear warning. This is done by inventing traditions of folklore which spread the idea that people should flee when a cat changes color
JYyxQ TIL the Queen's Engineering Society's motto "Quis Dolor Cui Dolium" translates to "Who suffers who has a cask of wine?" This motto was devised in 1963 to lend some Latin dignity to the Society's informal English motto, "What the hell as long as there's free beer."
x64y5 TIL the Apollo 11 astronauts couldn’t get life insurance (for some reason), so they signed autographs for their families to sell in case they didn’t return.
vR8j TIL that St Jude’s Hospital, which has treated thousands of children with cancer, is not religiously affiliated, and instead was founded by actor Danny Thomas because of a promise to the patron saint of lost causes after he found success in Hollywood
kJAnE TIL Guinness was not suitable for vegetarians until 2018