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TIL a Tennessee Church kicked out a woman who had been a member for 60 years for refusing to publicly condemn her lesbian daughter

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EVGd TIL Politicians in Kentucky must swear an oath that they’ve never participated in a duel before taking office
G4JG TIL that in 1873 a war broke out between Republicans and Democrats after both sides claimed they won the state election for Governor. Louisiana Democrats formed a “shadow” government, their own paramilitary force called the White League, and massacred more than 150 African Americans.
Y7j5v TIL: Yankee Doodle was originally written as a dis track by the British
nWWEW TIL about the Biological Resource Center in Arizona, that was raided by the FBI in 2014, where agents discovered bodies (which had been donated to "science") "cut up with chainsaws," "a woman's head sewn on a man's torso," and more, being sold for profit. The owner got probation. Agents got therapy.
ye6V TIL that grapefruit juice can cause severe side effects (including sudden death) when taken with certain common medications.